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It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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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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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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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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Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.
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Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!
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You have no right to make jigsaws of people.
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You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!
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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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I seem to have excalibured this knife.
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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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It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters.
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Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.
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A heart's a heavy burden.
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My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.
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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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Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World.
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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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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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One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.
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Learn to drive? Never, said Quentin. My mission in life is to be a passenger.
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