We live in a world where we think the mysterious is retreating farther and farther from our lives and eventually we will… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I really love helping students and helping them empathize with people who lived a really long time ago. That's one of the… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
You persist in this romantic vision of what it is to be a vampire, but despite my best efforts to curb it… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“The daemon glanced at his watch. The day was young, but he already knew why his friend was in Scotland. Matthew Clairmont… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Falling in love is really relatively easy compared to staying in love and building a family that lasts. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“Children needed love, a reliable source of comfort, and an adult willing to take responsibility for them.” — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“You have your magic for solace, but I am not fully alive without him. All poetry flies from my mind when he… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre.… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I absolutely love Dorothy Dunnett's 'House of Niccolo' series and the 'Lymond Chronicles.' They are so detailed. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I love being outdoors and being with animals, and when you're on a horse, you have to leave your anxieties and worries… — 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
