Quotes by Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could no — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Oh! And they read English novels! David! Did you ever look into an English novel? Well, do not trouble yourself. It is n — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is no creature u — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Where have they gone?" "Wherever magicians used to go. Behind the sky. On the other side of the rain. — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
There are people in this world, whose lives are nothing but a burden to them. A black veil stands between them and the w — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “ — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillion — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Perhaps I am too tame, too domestic a magician. But how does one work up a little madness? I meet with mad people every — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Beware Stephen! There will probably be a magical combat of some sort. I daresay I shall have to take on different forms — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
It seemed that it was not only live magicians which Mr. Norrell despised. He had taken the measure of all the dead ones — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Captain Harcourt-Bruce was not only dashing, handsome, and brave, he was also rather romantic. The reappearance of magic — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Bright yellow leaves flowed swiftly upon the dark, almost-black water, making patterns as they went. To Mr. Segundus the — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
For the rest of the night he sat by himself under the elm-tree. Until this moment it had never seemed to him that his ma — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Ha!" cried Dr John contemptuously. "Magic! That is chiefly used for killing Frenchmen, is it not? — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing in — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Ha!" he thought. “That will teach me to meddle with magic meant for kings! Norrell is right. Some magic is not meant for — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
For a moment or two before the spell took effect, he was aware of all the sounds around him: rain splashing on metal and — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
He had discovered that it was easier – far easier than any one could have supposed – to make oneself mad, but like all m — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell