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Upon Quotes by Susanna Clarke
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
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- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
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- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood
- Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine
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- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius