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"Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" Quotes
Two magicians with contrasting styles attempt to revive English magic during the Napoleonic Wars.
Quotes
Can a magician kill a man by magic?
We have all been more or less to blame… every one of us, except Childermass
Readers, pray forgive me that I introduce an episode here that has very little to do with Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, but Heaven knows the author is continually introducing episodes that have little to do with anything
Why can its birthright not be mine?
Meanwhile Strange had written three large volumes on the history and practice of English Magic. Such a work as this had never appeared before
Give me enough books and I could rule the world
He said that books were the finest things humans had ever made
My dear man, once we give up our belief in one sort of magic, why not all?
The whole of human history is a vast consecutive magic trick
The open sky seemed far too narrow for magic
