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Just because something seems impossible doesn't make it untrue.

Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.
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She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.
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I know,I can smell it, too.
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All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.
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We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book.
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Desire urges me on as fear bridles me Bruno.
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English vampires may not be as well behaved around witches as the American ones are.
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Remember the past - and await the future.
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And happiness is always louder than sadness.
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed (Albert Einstein)
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I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.
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Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.
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It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.
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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.
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These days vampires gravitated toward particle accelerators, projects to decode the genome, and molecular biology. Once they had flocked to alchemy, anatomy, and electricity. If it went bang, involved blood, or promised to unlock the secrets of the universe, there was sure to be a vampire around.
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I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.
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You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it.
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Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate.
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Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.
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My ideas about vampires may by romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.
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