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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
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
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Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.
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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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To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.
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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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SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.
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I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.
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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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What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?
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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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I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!
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I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you.” “No! No!” the star crackled desperately. “That’s wrong! I’m supposed to die!” “But I could save you if you’d let me catch you,” Michael told it gently. “No!” cried the star. “I’d rather die!
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I've seen golems. They don't behave like a real 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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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 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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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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You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!
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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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Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World.
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