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 ClarkeHe gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did.
Susanna ClarkeI was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.
Susanna ClarkeI know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.
Susanna Clarke