Best Susanna Clarke Sayings
- Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply. Die
- There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated… Acknowledged
- When he awoke it was dawn. Or something like dawn. The light was watery, dim and incomparably sad. Vast, grey, gloomy hills rose up all… All
- Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has… Anything Useful
- He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a… All
- Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people. Behave
- I mean that two of any thing is a most uncomfortable number. One may do as he pleases. Six may get along well enough. But… All
- Yet it is true—skin can mean a great deal. Mine means that any man may strike me in a public place and never fear the… Always Like
- I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials,… All
- I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is… Chatter
- 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… Been