| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| bc1fb8a | It [Ashfair House] 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. | damsel-in-distress 2004 jonathan-strange house stereotype | Susanna Clarke | |
| b95bc32 | How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage. | magic books 2004 jonathan-strange patronage bribery corruption politicians | Susanna Clarke |