Deborah Harkness Quotes

I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.
Deborah Harkness
Impossible,'" Matthew said."'Impossible n'est pas français,' Ysabeau said, her tone tart as vinegar. 'And it certainly was not a word in your father's vocabulary.
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Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.
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Your father says a wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountaintop.
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Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.
Deborah Harkness
All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.
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...empathy is the most important power there is. Without it, we are doomed. With it, we can truly change the world.(interview from USC)
Deborah Harkness
If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves
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A ma vie de coer entier.Mon debut et ma fin. Se souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir. My whole heart for my whole life.With an alpha and an omega: my beginning and my end.Remember the past, and that there is a future.
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I trust my wife's judgement... That's what Philippe says about Granny, just before all hell breaks loose.
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Don't consider painful what's good for you.
Deborah Harkness
and fear was the strongest force on earth.
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed (Albert Einstein)
Deborah Harkness
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed (Albert Einstein)
Deborah Harkness
My ideas about vampires may be romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.
Deborah Harkness