"The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings."

-- Deborah Harkness

#Spiritual Quotes #Study Quotes #Witch Quotes

“When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.”
“After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.”
“Life is hard. Itâ€™s cruel sometimes. Itâ€™s merciless and unfair, but we all go through difficult times, one way or another. Youâ€™ve had more than your share of knocks lately, Iâ€™ll give you that, but it doesnâ€™t mean you get to quit. No one gets to quit. You keep fighting, every day, and sooner or later, the grief fades a little. You grow stronger, find joy again, and everything gets easier. You come out of it more equipped to handle the next wave, which will come eventually. There will always be waves.”
“Unlike the urban development that I see taking over and swallowing up our precious soil, when we interact with our environment in a way that allows for regeneration and natural spaces, the outcome can be beautiful.”
“And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.”
“You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble.”
“Chicken masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.”

Source : 2001 Speech to the Social Market Foundation, London, 19 Apr.
“If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine syntax. It's a delicious treat, studded with wise and beautifully observed detail, that places side by side those perpetually fascinating antagonists, the eager, casual American and the meticulous, pleasure-driven French. Christine Sneed knows everyone's intimate secrets and her book is lively, amusing, and, ultimately, kind to pretty much all of them.”

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