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

— Deborah Harkness

A ma vie de cover entire. Mon debut et my fin. Se souvenir Du passé, et EU'IL ya un avenge. My whole heart for my whole life. With an alpha and an omega: my beginning and my end. Remember the past, and that there is a future.

— Deborah Harkness

And fear was the strongest force on earth.

— Deborah Harkness

Don't consider painful what's good for you.

— Deborah Harkness

Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.

— Deborah Harkness

If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves

— Deborah Harkness

Impossible,'" Matthew said."' Impossible n'est pas Français,' Plateau said, her tone tart as vinegar. 'And it certainly was not a word in your father's vocabulary.

— Deborah Harkness

I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Wyatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.

— Deborah Harkness

I trust my wife's judgement... That's what Philippe says about Granny, just before all hell breaks loose.

— Deborah Harkness

I want a simple, ordinary life. . . Like humans enjoy.

— Deborah Harkness