I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had …

Deborah Harkness
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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 wasn’t important. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2011). A Discovery of Witches: A Novel, p.71, Penguin
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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 wasn’t important. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2011). A Discovery of Witches: A Novel, p.71, Penguin

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