--- title: "13 Strange Quotes By Susanna Clarke" description: "13 Strange quotes by Susanna Clarke. Plus more from Susanna Clarke and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/susanna-clarke-1559_country_she-even-learnt-the-language-of-a-strang_1765524.jpg" --- > [She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/she-even-learnt-the-language-of-a-strange-country-which-senior/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/susanna-clarke-1559_country_she-even-learnt-the-language-of-a-strang_1765524.jpg) > [It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/it-is-these-black-clothes-said-strange-i-am-like-a-leftover-piece-of/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/susanna-clarke-1559_black_it-is-these-black-clothes-said-strange-i_2392275.jpg) > [It was an old fashioned house --the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/it-was-an-old-fashioned-house-the-sort-of-house-in-fact-as-strange/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/susanna-clarke-1559_facts_it-was-an-old-fashioned-house-the-sort-o_955259.png) > [Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/can-a-magician-kill-a-man-by-magic-lord-wellington-asked-strange-2/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/susanna-clarke-1559_dislike_can-a-magician-kill-a-man-by-magic-lord_2022176.png) > [“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/susanna-clarke-1559_communication_mr-norrell-gazed-at-strange-with-an-odd_225558.png) > [Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/unfortunately-childermass-s-french-was-so-strongly-accented-by-his/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/susanna-clarke-1559_dutch_unfortunately-childermass-s-french-was-s_2056583.png) > [“Of course, as a model for my magician Strange is far from perfect --he lacks the true heroic nature; for that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/of-course-as-a-model-for-my-magician-strange-is-far-from-perfect-he/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/susanna-clarke-1559_magic_of-course-as-a-model-for-my-magician-str_2798770.png) > [ “It \[Ashfair House\] was an old fashioned house—the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/it-ashfair-house-was-an-old-fashioned-house-the-sort-of-house-in-fact/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/susanna-clarke-1559_1815_it-ashfair-house-was-an-old-fashioned-ho_1405068.png) > [“whereas malice was the beginning and end of Laurence Strange’s character, the new manservant was a more natural blend of light and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/whereas-malice-was-the-beginning-and-end-of-laurence-strange-s/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/susanna-clarke-1559_malice_whereas-malice-was-the-beginning-and-end_1767447.png) > [“Strange stared thoughtfully at her for several seconds, so that Arabella mistakenly supposed he must be considering what she had just said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/strange-stared-thoughtfully-at-her-for-several-seconds-so-that/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/susanna-clarke-1559_gaze_strange-stared-thoughtfully-at-her-for-s_2228464.png) > [Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/such-nonsense-declared-dr-greysteel-whoever-heard-of-cats-doing/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/susanna-clarke-1559_cat_such-nonsense-declared-dr-greysteel-whoe_2996199.png) > [“He did not feel as if he were inside a Pillar of Darkness in the middle of Yorkshire; he felt more as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/he-did-not-feel-as-if-he-were-inside-a-pillar-of-darkness-in-the/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/susanna-clarke-1559_darkness_he-did-not-feel-as-if-he-were-inside-a-p_1871398.jpg) > [“Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/strange-bent-over-these-things-with-a-concentration-to-rival/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/susanna-clarke-1559_bent_strange-bent-over-these-things-with-a-co_1287963.jpg) ## Other authors on Strange ## 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/strange/susanna-clarke/#itemlist", "name": "13 Strange Quotes By Susanna Clarke", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one in the world could say where it was. 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