A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)

by Deborah Harkness

“I can tell you as a scientist, Diana, that there’s no such thing as ‘normal.’” His voice was losing its careful softness. “‘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.”

“Magic is desire made real.

Once again the shock of his cold skin was counteracted by an answering warmth in my own.