--- title: "3 Fairies Quotes By Susanna Clarke" description: "3 Fairies quotes by Susanna Clarke. Plus more from Susanna Clarke and more Fairies sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/susanna-clarke-1559_fairies_fairies-do-not-make-a-strong-distinction_182875.png" --- > [“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. They believe that stones, doors, trees, fire, clouds and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/susanna-clarke-1559_fairies_fairies-do-not-make-a-strong-distinction_182875.png) > [“...in the old days, silvery bells would often sound just as some Englishman or Englishwoman of particular virtue or beauty was about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/in-the-old-days-silvery-bells-would-often-sound-just-as-some/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/susanna-clarke-1559_beauty_in-the-old-days-silvery-bells-would-ofte_2316022.png) > [“I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/i-have-been-quite-put-out-of-temper-this-morning-and-someone-ought-to/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/susanna-clarke-1559_fairies_i-have-been-quite-put-out-of-temper-this_2351583.png) ## Other authors on Fairies - [Leigh Ann Edwards 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/leigh-ann-edwards/) - [Lewis Spence 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/lewis-spence/) - [Magda M. Olchawska 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/magda-m-olchawska/) - [Kathy Bryson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/kathy-bryson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-froud-19502.jpg) Brian Froud 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/brian-froud/) - [Kailin Gow 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/kailin-gow/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-asahel-nettleton-15173.jpg) Hazel Gaynor 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/hazel-gaynor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/william-shakespeare/) - [Seanan McGuire 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/seanan-mcguire/) - [Red Tash 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/red-tash/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-ahmed-yassin-9854.jpg) Lisa Mantchev 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/lisa-mantchev/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julie-kagawa-54348.jpg) Julie Kagawa 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/julie-kagawa/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/susanna-clarke/#itemlist", "name": "3 Fairies Quotes By Susanna Clarke", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. 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