I have no cause to love Mr. Norrell- far from it. But I know this about him: he is a magician first and everything else second- and Jonathan is the same. Books and magic are all either of them really care about.
Susanna ClarkeHe screamed.
Mmm?' inquired the gentleman.
I...I would never presume to interrupt you, sir. But the ground appears to be swallowing me up.'
It is a bog,' said the gentleman, helpfully.
It is certainly a most terrifying substance.
She had been a comet; and her blazing descent through dark skies had been plain for all to see.
Susanna ClarkeBeautiful flames, can destroy so many things—prison walls that hold you, stitches that bind you fast.
Susanna ClarkeSaints, such as me, ought always to listen attentively to the prayers of poor, dirty, ragged men, such as you. No matter how offensively those prayers are phased.
Susanna ClarkeA lovely young Italian girl passed by. Byron 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. Dr Greysteel could only suppose that he was treating the young woman to the Byronic profile and the Byronic expression.
Susanna ClarkeTags: lord-byron byron
There are people in this world, whose lives are nothing but a burden to them. A black veil stands between them and the world. They are utterly alone. They are like shadows in the night, shut off from joy and all gentle human emotions, unable to even give comfort to each other. Their days are full of nothing but darkness, misery and solitude.
Susanna ClarkeTags: depression
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. In the fairy’s song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself.
Susanna ClarkeThe very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.
Susanna ClarkeTags: simile description screams
..I have been many things since last we met. I have been trees and rivers and hills and stones. I have spoken to stars and earth and wind.
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