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Deborah Harkness

My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you’d serve a vampire for dinner.

Fun, Thought, Dinner

Deborah Harkness

I teach 18- to 21-year-olds – the ‘Harry Potter’ generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope ‘A Discovery of Witches’ will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.

Love, Reading, Generation

Deborah Harkness

Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.

giving-your-heart, love, lovers, pg-113

Deborah Harkness

Your father says a wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountaintop.

fatherly-advice, pg-163, sage-advice, wise-words

Deborah Harkness

I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.

enjoyment, individuality, life, simplicity

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.

a-discovery-of-witches, daemon, diana-bishop, french, matthew-clairmont, vampire, witch

Deborah Harkness

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.

diana-bishop, magic, matthew-clairmont

Deborah Harkness

and fear was the strongest force on earth.

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

All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.

Deborah Harkness

…empathy is the most important power there is. Without it, we are doomed. With it, we can truly change the world.(interview from USC)

change-the-world, empathy, inspirational, power

Deborah Harkness

If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves” – Fernando Conclaves

fantasy, romance, science-fiction