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

Deborah Harkness
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Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2014). All Souls Trilogy, p.1027, 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 … ▶
His full name is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont. He was also a very good Sebastien, and a passable Gabriel. He hates Bertrand and will not answer to Philippe.
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. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2 … ▶
The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2011). A Discovery of Witches: A … ▶
Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile...' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult.

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world. ✨ Deborah Harkness (2014). All Souls Trilogy, p.1027, Penguin

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