If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't … - Deborah Harkness

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It wont be long now it wont be long man is making deserts of the earth it wont be long now before man will have used it up so that nothing but ants and centipedes and scorpions can find a living on it.

Deborah Harkness

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

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My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

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I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.

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

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Sir. My lord. Master Roydon. " The young man blurted out most available titles except for "Your Majesty" and "Prince of Darkness. " These were implied nonetheless.

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Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile. ". . ' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult.

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What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.

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