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Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.

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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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I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.
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Learn to drive? Never, said Quentin. My mission in life is to be a passenger.
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So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch? Not likely! I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!
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Beauty isn't made of sugar.
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Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!
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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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