An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made. Susanna Clarke More Quotes by Susanna Clarke More Quotes From 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 each other long, dull papers upon the history of English magic. Susanna Clarke cities long years She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one in the world could say where it was. The name of this country was Wales. Susanna Clarke senior names country I mean that two of any thing is a most uncomfortable number. One may do as he pleases. Six may get along well enough. But two must always struggle for mastery. Two must always watch each other. The eyes of all the world will be on two, uncertain which of them to follow. Susanna Clarke eye struggle mean 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 This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine. Susanna Clarke imagine should matter When he awoke it was dawn. Or something like dawn. The light was watery, dim and incomparably sad. Vast, grey, gloomy hills rose up all around them and in between the hills there was a wide expanse of black bog. Stephen had never seen a landscape so calculated to reduce the onlooker to utter despair in an instant. "This is one of your kingdoms, I suppose, sir?" he said. "My kingdoms?" exclaimed the gentleman in surprize. "Oh, no! This is Scotland! Susanna Clarke scotland light rose 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 by conversation or laughter, is completely transformed. She had a lovely disposition, a quick mind and a fondness for the comical. She was always very ready to smile and, since a smile is the most becoming ornament that any lady can wear, she had been known upon occasion to outshine women who were acknowledged beauties in three countries. Susanna Clarke laughter mind country Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply. Susanna Clarke uncles luck men But, though French, she was also very brave. Susanna Clarke brave Yet it is true—skin can mean a great deal. Mine means that any man may strike me in a public place and never fear the consequences. It means that my friends do not always like to be seen with me in the street. It means that no matter how many books I read, or languages I master, I will never be anything but a curiosity—like a talking pig or a mathematical horse. Susanna Clarke horse mean book I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials, burghers, potboys, and all kinds and sorts of ladies whose brains still seem somewhat deranged from their brief exposure to his lordship. And though my companions are careful to tell people that I am that dreadful being, an English magician, I am clearly nothing in comparison to an English poet and everywhere I go I enjoy the reputation- quite new to me, I assure you- of the quiet, good Englishman, who makes no noise and is no trouble to any one. Susanna Clarke noise brain people 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 of torment. Susanna Clarke after-hours solitude silence ..The argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician, or because he was English. Susanna Clarke argument mad gone You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work. Susanna Clarke hurt happiness love How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage. Susanna Clarke office asking book To be more precise it was the color of heartache. Susanna Clarke heartache precise color You mean to say he became mad deliberately?' ...Nothing is more likely,' said the duke. Susanna Clarke dukes mad mean Bryon tilted his head to a very odd angle, half-closed his eyes and composed his features to suggest that he was about to expire from chronic indigestion. Susanna Clarke odd eye half Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful. Susanna Clarke observation drawing habit It was an old fashioned house --the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a novel might like to be persecuted in. Susanna Clarke house might facts
