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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
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SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.
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Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.
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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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Then there you are, then. The day Howl forgets to do that will be the day I believe he's really in love, and not before. Michael to Sophie about wether or not Howl is really in love with Lettie. pg, 170
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I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.
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You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!
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Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest
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It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.
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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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All these things that crib and cab in your brain, in your imagination, are in fact things that might well in later life drive you insane.
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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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Beauty isn't made of sugar.
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One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.
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I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.
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Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.
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A heart's a heavy burden.
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In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.
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Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol.
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Go to bed, you fool, Calcifer said sleepily. You're drunk. Who, me? said Howl. I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober. He got up and stalked upstairs, feeling for the wall as if he thought it might escape him unless he kept in touch with it. His bedroom door did escape him.
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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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