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The body—the cage—is everything of the most respectable—but through the bars, the wild animal looks out.”
“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.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“But now there were ten bells. And the bell for Lost-Hope was ringing violently.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“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 could.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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