A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both.… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we are… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“The Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte had been banished to the island of Elba. However His Imperial Majesty had some doubts wheter a quiet… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“she bore so many of the signs and disfigurings of extreme old age that she was losing her resemblance to other human… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Lascelles threw himself into the carriage, snorting with laughter and saying that he had never in his life heard of anything so… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“There are people in this world, whose lives are nothing but a burden to them. A black veil stands between them and… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Childermass laughed. “You are right, Vinculus. You are not like the others. That is my life – there on the table. But… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“Mr Norrell was delighted. He did not believe that anyone had ever proposed such a piece of magic before and begged Sir Walter to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“A gentleman in Mr Norell's position with a fine house and a large estate will always be of interest to his neighbors and, unless… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“Long, long ago, (said the voice), five hundred years ago or more, on a winter's day at twilight, a young man entered the Church… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. They believe that stones, doors, trees, fire, clouds and so forth… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little conversation with… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share
