“I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.”
“I know you all think I'm a magician, but I'm not. The magic comes out of the booksthemselves, and I have no more idea than you or any of your men how it works.”
“Who has more pockets than a magician?A boy.Whose pockets contain *more* than a magicians?A boy's.”
“I have no cause to love Mr. Norrell- far from it. But I know this about him: he is a magician first and everything else second- and Jonathan is the same. Books and magic are all either of them really care about.”
“Magic is magic except to the magician.”
“Do not be a magician - be magic!”