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> [I am so thrilled to carve out a few minutes to write that I grab it whenever I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/i-am-so-thrilled-to-carve-out-a-few-minutes-to-write-that-i-grab-it/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

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## More by Deborah Harkness

> [After 20 years of writing academic prose and lectures, it seems very familiar and straightforward to me. Writing a novel for the first time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/after-20-years-of-writing-academic-prose-and-lectures-it-seems-very/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/as-far-as-i-can-tell-there-are-only-two-emotions-that-keep-the-world/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [For me, a $20 wine that drinks like a $40 wine in terms of complexity and interest is a value, while a $5 wine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/for-me-a-20-wine-that-drinks-like-a-40-wine-in-terms-of-complexity/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/some-swore-he-was-a-maid-in-man-s-attire-for-in-his-looks-were-all/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [I took a course on 'Magic, Alchemy, and Astrology' at Mount Holyoke, and it was a whole new awakening for me, a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/i-took-a-course-on-magic-alchemy-and-astrology-at-mount-holyoke-and/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [Her bark is worse than her bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/her-bark-is-worse-than-her-bite/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/the-king-just-sits-there-moving-one-square-at-a-time-the-queen-can/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [What if 16th century people were right, and the supernatural and natural coexisted? How would that play out?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/what-if-16th-century-people-were-right-and-the-supernatural-and/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/i-was-planning-on-starting-a-new-file-on-my-computer-with-the-title/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [I think you can learn a lot from primary sources. 'The Penguin Book of Witches,' which is edited by novelist Katherine Howe, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/i-think-you-can-learn-a-lot-from-primary-sources-the-penguin-book-of/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/history-only-became-more-challenging-when-it-became-less-neat-every/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [We live in a world where we think the mysterious is retreating farther and farther from our lives and eventually we will know all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/we-live-in-a-world-where-we-think-the-mysterious-is-retreating/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [“Give me knowledge of my end and the measure of my days, so I may know my frailty. My lifetime is no longer than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/give-me-knowledge-of-my-end-and-the-measure-of-my-days-so-i-may-know/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/memories-were-short-and-history-unkind-it-was-the-way-of-the-world/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

> [“All men are fools, Your Majesty,” Matthew said swiftly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-harkness/all-men-are-fools-your-majesty-matthew-said-swiftly/)

[Deborah Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-harkness/)

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