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Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

Diana Wynne Jones quotes

English Writer August 16, 1934 – March 26, 2011

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I was relying on Suliman being alive. THen when all that seemed to be left of him was Percival, I was so scared I had to go out and get drunk. And then you go and play into the Witch's hand!" "I'm the eldest!" Sophie shrieked. "I'm a failure!" "Garbage!" Howl shouted. "You just never stop to think! Diana Wynne Jones
Doras II was a somewhat absentminded king, It is said, when Death came to summon him, Doras granted Death the usual formal audience and then dismissed him from his presence. Death was too embarrassed to return until many years later- Ka'a Orto'o, Gnomic Utterances Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the..."
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. Diana Wynne Jones
I am a total zombie just after I wake up. It takes me half an hour even to get my eyes open. Ask anyone who knows me. I can't see; I can't talk properly; I can't do anything without help. The only think I can do properly is think. And I know how to exploit my condition. I've had years of practice. Diana Wynne Jones
Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace. Diana Wynne Jones
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. Diana Wynne Jones
I think one of things is that all fantasy it seems to me works the way your brain basically works. This is perhaps a startling concept, but I think it's true. Diana Wynne Jones
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. Diana Wynne Jones
This does make me very very careful, particularly in the second draft, to get it right, because you do feel that somebody in the future who may be extremely important for everybody, is going to have me behind them, and this is a responsibility, a huge one. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest"
Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest Diana Wynne Jones
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! Diana Wynne Jones
On Wednesday, for variety, he accosted Andrew as Andrew went out to check the state of the garden walls and presented a further cardboard box containing ten kilos of tomatoes and a squash like a deformed head of a baby. Diana Wynne Jones
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. Diana Wynne Jones
Sophie said a bad word. In the dim light she had stubbed her toe on one of the many dusty bricks piled around the place. Naughty-naughty" Twinkle said. Oh shut up!" Sophie said , standing on one leg to hold her toe. "Why don't you grow up? Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous."
Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous. Diana Wynne Jones

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