Deborah Harkness Quotes

It's a fine line between magic and science. In medieval times, science was magic.

Witches were really scary to me as a kid.

When it draws near to witching time of night.

I don't know that I have a fascination with witches per se - well, maybe I just have a fascination with everything that's weird.

Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.

In the past, people generally believed they could acquire magic in two ways: through learning the craft, either from another practitioner or from books; or through obtaining magic from a powerful being-think Faust or the classic, demonized witch, both of whom get their mojo from Satan.

The 18th century, which is usually held to be the most "materialistic" of epochs, was, in fact, a most "spiritualistic" one; in which ghosts, demons, quacks, philosophers' stones, enchanters' wands, mysteries and mummeries, were as fashionable—as they will probably be again some day.

The Reign of the Witches

For me, Halloween is year-round. But my Halloween is the real Halloween - dealing with the real dead.

I can't explain witchcraft.

There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell.

I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.

I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.

I try to stay far away from anything creepy and supernatural. I'd rather not think about it.

Magic is my paint.

I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history.

From a young age I was obsessed with the mysterious, the esoteric, the paranormal.

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

I believe in magic, psychics and all that.

I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

Actually, I think I'm part of the last generation to grow up believing in magic and fairies and believing I had powers - you know, lying on the ground and trying to have my spirit leave my body - which never happened; still working on that bit.

I really don't believe in magic.

I have always been into the darker side of things and love the mystery and sexiness of vampires.

I'm a storyteller, and I have really good material to work with: I've been studying magic and the occult since about 1983.