“Could soldiers read? Mr Norrell did not know. He turned with a look of desperate appeal to Childermass. Childermass shrugged.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is to me the worst sort of… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“I hope there may be bogs and that John McKenzie may drown in them.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“It is the right of a traveller to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“He was a man who knew there were such things as jokes in the world or people would not write about them,… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Beware Stephen! There will probably be a magical combat of some sort. I daresay I shall have to take on different forms… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“a tragi-comedy, telling of an impoverished minister’s desperate attempts to gain money by any means, beginning with a mercenary marriage and ending… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“John Longridge, the cook at Harley-street, had suffered from low spirits for more than thirty years, and he was quick to welcome… — 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
“As [Norrell] watched she was seized by a fit of coughing that continued for some moments, and during that time Sir Walter… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Some time later there was a knock at his door. He was surprised to find it was now evening and the room… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
![“As [Norrell] watched she was seized by a fit of coughing that continued for some moments, and during that time Sir Walter appeared most uncomfortable. He did not look at the young woman (though he looked everywhere else in the room). He picked up a gilt ornament from a little table by his side…” quote by Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/daa/susanna-clarke-1559_humor_as-norrell-watched-she-was-seized-by-a-f_2892521.jpg)
