Deborah Harkness Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.

  Deborah Harkness

  Years, Two, Desire

• It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

  Deborah Harkness

  Discovery, Blood, Desire

  Deborah Harkness (2012). “Shadow of Night: A Novel”, p.337, Penguin

• Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.

  Deborah Harkness

  Strong, Blood, Risk

• Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.

  Deborah Harkness

  Desire, Urges

  Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.205, Penguin

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