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Magic Quotes by 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 might,”…
- He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.
- Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians. They met upon the third Wednesday of every month and read…
- A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.
- 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…
- I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.
- Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.
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