“He was sick of the noise and sight of so many people and determined to go quietly away, but it so happened… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Hush, sir!” whispered the man, “Your voice. It is too loud. You will wake him up!” “Wake him up? Who?” “The man… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both.… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“At that moment their conversation was interrupted by a most barbaric sound – a great horn was being blown. A number of… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Shape-changing and so on were all very well in the past. It makes a vivid incident in a story, I grant you.… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Poor gentleman," said Mr Segundus. "Perhaps it is the age. It is not an age for magic or scholarship, is it sir?… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“And now, Your Majesty," said Strange, "I think it is time we returned to the Castle. You and I, Your Majesty, are… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Alexander of Whitby taught that the universe is like a tapestry only parts of which are visible to us at a time.… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Stephen began to dream again. This time he dreamt that hills walked and the sky wept. Trees came and spoke to him… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent… — 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
After two hours it stopped raining and in the same moment the spell broke, which Peroquet and the Admiral and Captain Jumeau… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“All these details took but a moment to apprehend yet the impression made upon Mr. Segundus by the two ladies was unusually… — 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
“For a moment or two before the spell took effect, he was aware of all the sounds around him: rain splashing on… — 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
