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Deborah Harkness is an accomplished American novelist, recognized for her contributions to the fantasy genre. Born on April 5, 1965, she has captivated readers with her 'All Souls' trilogy, which masterfully intertwines elements of history, magic, and romance. Harkness's novels are celebrated for their richly detailed world-building and complex characters.

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Famous Deborah Harkness Quotes

“Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.”

Past Remember Remembering The Past Souvenirs

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.”

Knows World Humans Littles Important Wanted Views Know How Magic Needed Convinced

Book:A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

“His full name is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont. He was also a very good Sebastien, and a passable Gabriel. He hates Bertrand and will not answer to Philippe.”

Hate Names Answers Very Good Matthew Gabriel

Author:Deborah Harkness

“It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.”

Desire Blood Discovery Absence Witch

Book:Shadow of Night: A Novel

Source: Shadow of Night: A Novel

“My ideas about vampires may by romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.”

Needs May Ideas Attitude Majors Vampire

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris, Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran, Quar de s’amor no suy devis, Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan, Qu’en lieys es tota le mercés Que·m pot sorzer o decazer.” “Not dying nor living nor healing, there is no pain in my sickness, for I am not kept from her love. I don’t know if I will ever have it, for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power.”

Ifs Knows Pain Healing Dying Mercy Amor Sickness Pot Decay No Pain Grans

Author:Deborah Harkness

“Her bark is worse than her bite.”

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires.”

Way Mean Sound Computer Starting Planning Vampire One Way Titles Phrases Witch Files

Book:A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

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

Want Humans Enjoy Simple Ordinary Enjoyment Ordinary Life

Book:A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

“That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home.”

Home Stars Dark Saws Quiet Rivers Evening Sunset Occasional Dusk Rowing

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“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 than forfeit her freedom.”

Moving Games Loses Kings Queens Squares Forfeit

Book:A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

“Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.”

Ifs Said Stills Might Able Voice Steps Harsh Control Myself

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it.”

Left Saws Prove Angry Holes Carpet Prove It

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate.”

Kissing Intimate Palms

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.”

Wells Hurt Love Is Gone Blessing Burden

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.”

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

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

Needs Children Responsibility Land Taking Responsibility

Author:Deborah Harkness

“My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.”

Firsts Duty Return Mets Planning Historian Gross Throttle Tudors

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“Sir. My lord. Master Roydon." The young man blurted out most available titles except for "Your Majesty" and "Prince of Darkness." These were implied nonetheless.”

Men Young Lord Darkness Masters Available Titles Young Man Majesty Implied

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile."..' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult.”

Opportunity Difficult Dangerous Experiments Judgement Fleeting

Author:Deborah Harkness

“Gallowglass returned to Sporrengasse with two vampires and a pretzel.”

Two Vampire Pretzels

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

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

World Way Memories Unkind

Book:All Souls Trilogy

Source: All Souls Trilogy

“With knot of one, the spell's begun. With knot of two, the spell be true. With knot of three, the spell is free. With knot of four, the power is stored. With knot of five, the spell with thrive. With knot of six, this spell I fix.”

Two Three Five Four Six Being True Thrive Spells Knots

Author:Deborah Harkness

“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 try to get to the bottom of the mystery.”

Knows Trying Two Focus Mystery Information Theory Fit Bottom Two Things Intensity Scholar

Book:A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Source: A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

“Pamela Smith and Benjamin Schmidt have gathered together a wide-ranging and provocative set of original essays that successfully demonstrate how contingent the process of making knowledge was during a period of fundamental epistemological change. This is a finely crafted and conceptualized collection.”

Together Process Periods Originals Fundamentals Wide Collections Essays Provocative Schmidt

Author:Deborah Harkness

About the Author

Born: April 5, 1965
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 75

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