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Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

Diana Wynne Jones quotes

English Writer August 16, 1934 – March 26, 2011

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Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny..."
Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol Diana Wynne Jones
Mr. Stock came out of the competition tent carrying his zeppelin marrow on one shoulder and demanding to know what was going on. When he saw the hordes advancing on Aidan, he charged off that way, whirling the great vegetable. The Puck, who was rushing behind the horde, yelling at them to grab Aidan and kill Rolf, was Mr. Stock's first victim. The marrow caught him THOCK! on the side of the head. It laid the Puck out cold on the grass, but the mighty vegetable remained intact, mottled and glossy Diana Wynne Jones
Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now. Diana Wynne Jones
It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."Those are..."
I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."Those are spiders. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you..."
Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up! Diana Wynne Jones
It was a perfectly normal May Day, but Sophie was scared of that too. And when a young man in a fantastical blue-and-silver costume spotted Sophie and decided to accost her as well, Sophie shrank into a shop doorway and tried to hide. The young man looked at her in surprise. "It's all right, you little gray mouse," he said laughing rather pityingly. "I only want to buy you a drink. Don't look so scared. Diana Wynne Jones
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. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Actually, in the wild, we'd be the only person that we..."
Actually, in the wild, we'd be the only person that we wouldn't recognize, if you think about it. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up...."
I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead. Diana Wynne Jones
f you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may..."
I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die. Diana Wynne Jones
He started every entry with I got up. It meant, I hate this school. When he wrote I do not like porridge, that was actually true, but porridge was his code-word for Simon Silverson. Simon was porridge at breakfast, potatoes at lunch, and bread at tea. All the other other he hated had code-words too. Dan Smith was cornflakes, cabbage, and butter. Theresa was milk. Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat..."
I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across! Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Busy old fool, unruly Sophie"
Busy old fool, unruly Sophie Diana Wynne Jones

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