you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.
An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made. - Susanna Clarke
An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.
- Susanna Clarke
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. - Susanna Clarke
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.
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 language it understands. - Susanna Clarke
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 language it understands.
How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedn… - Susanna Clarke
How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedn…
Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth. - Susanna Clarke
Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.
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 eithe… - Susanna Clarke
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 eithe…
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,”… - 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,”…
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not bear the way they mocked me. - Susanna Clarke
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not bear the way they mocked me.
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 to me the worst sort … - Susanna Clarke
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 to me the worst sort …
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