Susanna Clarke Quotes About Magic

Quotes about: Magic

• 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 admitted, “but a gentleman never would.

  Susanna Clarke

  Men, Gentleman, Magic

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.389, Bloomsbury Publishing

• A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

  Susanna Clarke

  Inspirational, Life, Art

• 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 the earth with such potential for magic. Even the least of them may fly straight out of this world and come by chance to the Other Lands. Where does the wind come from that blows upon your face, that fans the pages of your book? Where the harum-scarum magic of small wild creatures meets the magic of Man, where the language of the wind and the rain and the trees can be understood, there we will find the Raven King.

  Susanna Clarke

  Kings, Rain, Book

• Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.

  Susanna Clarke

  Wine, Drunk, Magic

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories”, p.24, A&C Black

• 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 each other long, dull papers upon the history of English magic.

  Susanna Clarke

  Years, Cities, Long

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing

• I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.

  Susanna Clarke

  Lying, Magic, Magician

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.234, Bloomsbury Publishing

• 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.

  Susanna Clarke

  Magic, Lessons, Bears

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.75, Bloomsbury Publishing

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