Writer Quotes 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Deborah Harkness

Her bark is worse than her bite.

— 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…

— Deborah Harkness

What if 16th century people were right, and the supernatural and natural coexisted? How would that play out?

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Deborah Harkness

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

— Deborah Harkness

“All men are fools, Your Majesty,” Matthew said swiftly.”

— Deborah Harkness