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.

you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.

This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine.

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 would.

After two hours it stopped raining and in the same moment the spell broke, which Peroquet and the Admiral and Captain Jumeau knew by a curious twist of their senses, as if they had tasted a string quartet, or been, for a moment, deafened by the sight of colour blue.

It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know.

She wore a gown the color of storms, shadows, and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets.