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I 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 Clarke
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Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.Susanna Clarke
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Above all remember this: that magic belongs as much to the heart as to the head and everything which is done, should be done from love or joy or righteous anger.Susanna Clarke
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I was always amazed at Cambridge how quickly people appeared to take offence at everything I said, but now I see plainly that it was not my words they hated - it was this fairy face. The dark alchemy of this face turns all my gentle human emotions into fierce fairy vices. Inside I am all despair, but this face shows only fairy scorn. My remorse becomes fairy fury and my pensiveness is turned to fairy cunning. .Susanna Clarke