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SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
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Diana Gwyneth Jones
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Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!
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I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.
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Calcifer, Sophie said, I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you? It would if anyone else broke it, Calcifer said hoarsely. That's why I asked you to do it.
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And it's a pity too that I've no right to open your letters. I hope you don't get many, or my conscience will give me no peace.
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Beauty isn't made of sugar.
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Can't you treat yourself with a bit more consideration?' 'Why should I?' Mordion said, hugging the duvet round himself. 'Because you're a person, of course!' Ann snapped at him. 'One person ought to treat another person properly even if the person's himself!
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Howl’s voice was presently heard shouting weakly, “Help me, someone! I’m dying from neglect up here!
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I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!
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It's just as I thought, she said. I prefer you to every single one of these. Some of these look far too proud of themselves, and some look selfish and cruel. You are unassuming and kind. I intend to ask my father to marry me to you, instead of to the Prince in Ochinstan. Would you mind?
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Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!
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Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).
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Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.
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...if the spell was off, I’d have my heart eaten before I could turn around.” “Don’t you want your heart eaten?” asked the fire. [...] “Naturally I don’t,” Sophie answered.
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Wizard Howl, said Wizard Suliman. I must apologize for trying to bite you so often. In the normal way, I wouldn't dream of setting teeth in a fellow countryman.
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And you're too nice, he added, above the lap-lap of the water and the patter of sand on the water-lily leaves. I was relying on you being too jealous to let that demon near the place.
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Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World.
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I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.
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Busy old fool, unruly Sophie
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