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

Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Unkind
Short
Memories
History
Way
World

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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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As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.
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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 want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.
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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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I know,I can smell it, too.
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Remember the past - and await the future.
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Desire urges me on as fear bridles me Bruno.
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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.
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Sorry, we've got ghosts.
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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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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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We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book.
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Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.
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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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Are you smelling me?” After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. “Don't tempt me,” he murmured.
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Gallowglass returned to Sporrengasse with two vampires and a pretzel.
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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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All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.
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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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