"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 wasnâ€™t important."

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Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.71, Penguin

Deborah Harkness

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“I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room. My grandmother always told me, 'Manners will take you where money won't.' When I walk into a room, I say "hello" to everyone I don't care who the person is or what they do, it's simply being respectful.”

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“It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact.”
“You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.”
“Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil”
“That's a big nose," he croaked and instantly realized he shouldn't have said something so impolite. I must be light headed, e thought. But the face smiled. The teeth seemed inordinatley white against the dark beard and skin. The only one I have," he said.”
“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.”
“Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself”
“I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.”

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