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My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

Diana Wynne Jones

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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
Dishonesty
Salvation
Shining

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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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Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.
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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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Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!
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A heart's a heavy burden.
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Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest
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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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Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World.
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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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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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Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it? she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto the filthy carpet. I'm dying of boredom, Howl said pathetically. Or maybe just dying.
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I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes. Those are spiders.
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It does seem that a fantasy, working out in its own terms, stretching you beyond the normal concerns of your own life, gains you a peculiar charge of energy which inexplicably enriches you. At least, this is my ideal of a fantasy, and I am always trying to write it.
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Busy old fool, unruly Sophie
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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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You're wearing that hat? After all the magic I used to make your dress pretty? ~Howl from the movie 'Howl's Moving Castle
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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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You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!
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