Are you smelling me?” After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. “Don't tempt me,” he murmured. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
After 20 years of writing academic prose and lectures, it seems very familiar and straightforward to me. Writing a novel for the first time,… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“As far as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
For me, a $20 wine that drinks like a $40 wine in terms of complexity and interest is a value, while a $5 wine… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“Some swore he was a maid in man's attire, For in his looks were all that men desire, A pleasant smiling cheeke, a speaking… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I took a course on 'Magic, Alchemy, and Astrology' at Mount Holyoke, and it was a whole new awakening for me, a way of… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
What if 16th century people were right, and the supernatural and natural coexisted? How would that play out? — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I think you can learn a lot from primary sources. 'The Penguin Book of Witches,' which is edited by novelist Katherine Howe, is a… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“History only became more challenging when it became less neat. Every time I pick up a book or document from the past, I'm in… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
We live in a world where we think the mysterious is retreating farther and farther from our lives and eventually we will know all… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
