Strange Quotes by Susanna Clarke

13 Strange quotes by Susanna Clarke

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Clarke’s world blends the fantastical with the everyday, and even a brief selection can convey her talent for the uncanny. Thirteen quotes offer a glimpse into her uniquely imaginative voice.

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It was an old fashioned house --the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a novel…

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Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose…

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“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little…

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She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one…

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It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening…

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Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was…

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“Of course, as a model for my magician Strange is far from perfect --he lacks the true heroic nature; for that I…

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“It [Ashfair House] was an old fashioned house—the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a…

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Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said…

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“Strange stared thoughtfully at her for several seconds, so that Arabella mistakenly supposed he must be considering what she had just said.…

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“whereas malice was the beginning and end of Laurence Strange’s character, the new manservant was a more natural blend of light and…

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“He did not feel as if he were inside a Pillar of Darkness in the middle of Yorkshire; he felt more as…

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“Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke…

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you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.

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“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician…

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How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office…

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“Mr Norrell was delighted. He did not believe that anyone had ever proposed such a piece of magic before and begged Sir Walter to…

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“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”

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“...hatching his poems..”

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“It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing…

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“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…

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“I have always heard that Italian women are rather fierce.”

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“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…

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Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.

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“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. They believe that stones, doors, trees, fire, clouds and so forth…

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There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.

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How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity…

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“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little conversation with…

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