Quotes by : Susanna Clarke

Besides,” said Mr Norrell, “I really have no desire to write reviews of other people's books. Modern....

For, though the room was silent, the silence of half a hundred cats is a peculiar thing, like fifty individual....

Ah, but sir,' said Lascelles, 'it is precisely by passing judgments upon other people's work and pointing....

But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another....

I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers,....

Ha!" he thought. “That will teach me to meddle with magic meant for kings! Norrell is right. Some magic....

Bright yellow leaves flowed swiftly upon the dark, almost-black water, making patterns as they went.....

When you're writing, you're creating something out of nothing ... A successful piece of writing is like....

Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose....

The Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte had been banished to the island of Elba. However His Imperial Majesty....