“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.”
More from Deborah Harkness
“Beware the witch with the blood of the lion and the wolf.”
“Desire urges me on, as fear bridles me. Doesn’t that explain everything that happens in…”
“'Normal' is a bedtime story—a fable—that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced…”
“It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love…”