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> [I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials, burghers, potboys, and all kinds and sorts of ladies whose brains still seem somewhat deranged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/i-am-as-far-as-i-can-tell-about-a-month-behind-lord-byron-in-every/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

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> [“A lovely young Italian girl passed by. Byron tilted his head to a very odd angle, half-closed his eyes and composed his features to suggest that he was about to expire from chronic indigestion. Dr Greysteel could only suppose that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/a-lovely-young-italian-girl-passed-by-byron-tilted-his-head-to-a-very/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

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## More by Susanna Clarke

> [you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/you-must-learn-to-live-as-i-do-in-the-face-of-constant-criticism/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/can-a-magician-kill-a-man-by-magic-lord-wellington-asked-strange/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/how-is-a-magician-to-exist-without-books-let-someone-explain-that-to/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“Mr Norrell was delighted. He did not believe that anyone had ever proposed such a piece of magic before and begged Sir Walter to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/mr-norrell-was-delighted-he-did-not-believe-that-anyone-had-ever/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/the-house-is-valuable-because-it-is-the-house-it-is-enough-in-and-of/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“...hatching his poems..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/hatching-his-poems/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/it-was-as-if-a-door-had-opened-somewhere-or-possibly-a-series-of/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/a-gentleman-in-mr-norell-s-position-with-a-fine-house-and-a-large/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“I have always heard that Italian women are rather fierce.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/i-have-always-heard-that-italian-women-are-rather-fierce/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/long-long-ago-said-the-voice-five-hundred-years-ago-or-more-on-a/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/well-i-suppose-one-ought-not-to-employ-a-magician-and-then-complain/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. They believe that stones, doors, trees, fire, clouds and so forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/fairies-do-not-make-a-strong-distinction-between-the-animate-and-the/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/there-is-nothing-in-the-world-so-easy-to-explain-as-failure-it-is/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/how-quickly-was-every-bad-thing-discovered-to-be-the-fault-of-the/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

> [“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little conversation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/mr-norrell-gazed-at-strange-with-an-odd-expression-upon-his-face-as/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

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