“I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.”

“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.”

“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.”

“It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know.”

“Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.”

“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.”

“I only wish he had not married," said Mr. Norell fretfully. "Magicians have no business marrying.”