Best Susanna Clarke Quotes
- you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way. Censure
- Oh! And they read English novels! David! Did you ever look into an English novel? Well, do not trouble yourself. It is nothing but a… David
- But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur;… All
- Lovers are rarely the most rational beings in creation... Beings
- What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur… Comfort
- It would need someone very remarkable to recover your name, Stephen, someone of rare perspicacity, with extraordinary talents and incomparable nobility of character. Me, in… Character
- There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time. All
- It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know. Collect
- A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing. Create
- He had once found himself in a room with Lady Bessborough's long-haired white cat. He happened to be dressed in an immaculate black coat and… Afterward
- The governess was not much liked in the village. She was too tall, too fond of books, too grave, and, a curious thing, never smiled… Book
- He smiles but rarely and watches other men to see when they laugh and then does the same. Doe
- There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is no creature upon… Bird
- And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book! Book
- I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most. All
- He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did. Gave
- It has been remarked (by a lady infinitely cleverer than the present author) how kindly disposed the world in general feels to young people who… Author
- Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old… Apt
- It is also true that his hair had a reddish tinge and, as everybody knows, no one with red hair can ever truly be said… Ever Truly
- For, though the room was silent, the silence of half a hundred cats is a peculiar thing, like fifty individual silences all piled one on… All
- Perhaps I am too tame, too domestic a magician. But how does one work up a little madness? I meet with mad people every day… Any
- Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not… All
- Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Drunk
- It has been remarked (by a lady infinitely cleverer than the present author) how kindly disposed the world in general feels to young people who… Advantage
- But, though French, she was also very brave... Brave