Susanna Clarke Quote

The more apparatus a magician carries about with him – coloured powders, stuffed cats, magical hats and so forth – the greater the fraud you will eventually discover him to be! And what, inquired Mr Horrocks politely, were the few tools that a magician did require? Why! Nothing really, said Mr Norrell. Nothing but a silver basin for seeing visions in.

Susanna Clarke

The more apparatus a magician carries about with him – coloured powders, stuffed cats, magical hats and so forth – the greater the fraud you will eventually discover him to be! And what, inquired Mr Horrocks politely, were the few tools that a magician did require? Why! Nothing really, said Mr Norrell. Nothing but a silver basin for seeing visions in.

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