In the past, people generally believed they could acquire magic in two ways: through learning the craft, either from another practitioner or from books; or through obtaining magic from a powerful being-think Faust or the classic, demonized witch, both of… — David Liss Copy Share Image
In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past. — David Liss Copy Share Image
I do feel like I'm in this lucky position where I can write something and people will read it, and I feel like I… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“Think you it is easy to get a well-known and beautiful woman alone, away from her husband, at so public a gathering? Think you… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“I have never enjoyed traveling long distances by road. The movement of the coach prevents any reading or other amusement, and there is little… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“Lucy absently thanked him and at once began to consider which among her gowns would be best suited for a midnight adventure to a… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“And it relieves me to learn that you are not trying to make friends,” the captain said, locking her hammerhead eyes on Ms. Price,… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“What had passed between them had been real and true and lived. Not like the silly infatuation she had felt for [him] when she… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“You have my word as a gentleman." [The other man remarks that he is not a gentleman and he retorts] "Then you have my… — David Liss Copy Share Image
I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“There will always be a storm. You may be rained on or cause the rain yourself. I much prefer the latter.” — David Liss Copy Share Image
We live in this era that has benefited from the Industrial Revolution, and we live with a kind of luxury and plenty that even… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“Needless to say, it was inconceivable that I would be welome in, let alone invited to, their home. It was as well, then, that… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“Elias nodded. “You begin to understand the theory of probability,” he said. “From the general necessity of the existence of victims, you will find… — David Liss Copy Share Image
![“What had passed between them had been real and true and lived. Not like the silly infatuation she had felt for [him] when she was 16, or the foolish attraction she’d felt. Theirs had been a true love. Forged and built and earned.” quote by David Liss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/140/david-liss-15946_infatuation_what-had-passed-between-them-had-been-re_475583.jpg)
![“You have my word as a gentleman." [The other man remarks that he is not a gentleman and he retorts] "Then you have my word as a scoundrel, which, I know, opens up a rather confusing paradox that I have neither the time nor inclination to disentangle.” quote by David Liss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a80/david-liss-15946_language_you-have-my-word-as-a-gentleman-the-othe_486607.jpg)
