A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)

by Deborah Harkness

All you have to do is be a good listener. Nobody really wants to keep secrets, not even the dead. People leave clues everywhere, and if you pay attention, you can piece them together.”

“‘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.”

There was no sound except for the crackle of the fire and the ticking of the clock.

The strongest distinguishing characteristic of humans is their power of denial.

It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.”

‘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.’”