“Desire urges me on, as fear bridles me. Doesn’t that explain everything that happens in the world?”— Deborah Harkness, amazon.comTagged: Fear
“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.”— Deborah Harkness, amazon.comTagged: Dreams, Art, Science, Human Experience, Deep
“'Normal' is a bedtime story—a fable—that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced with overwhelming evidence that most of what’s happening around them is not ‘normal’ at all.”— Deborah Harkness, amazon.comTagged: normal, normalcy, Reality
“The strongest distinguishing characteristic of humans is their power of denial.”— Deborah Harkness, amazon.comTagged: Human Nature, humanity, What Makes Us Human