Diana Wynne Jones quotes - page 3

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person. (Diana Wynne Jones)
Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping. View quote
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I'm beginning to think I've led a much too sheltered life. View quote
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But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them. View quote
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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. View quote
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Interesting things did seem to happen, but always to somebody else. View quote
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Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous. View quote
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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! View quote
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If you must know, I-I had never in my life kissed a young lady, and you are far too beautiful to me to want to get it wrong! View quote
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She was remorseless, but she lacked method. View quote
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Nobody gets praised for the right reasons. (Diana Wynne Jones)
Goats," said Maxwell Hyde, "are a special case. Mad as hatters, all of them. View quote
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I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes." "Those are spiders. View quote
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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. View quote
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Pray use both cats as sponges if it pleases you, infatuated infantryman. View quote
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Howl said to Sophie, "I've been wondering all along if you would turn out to be that lovely girl I met on May Day. Why were you scared then? View quote
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Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs! View quote
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He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park one day and not recognize him. View quote
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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. View quote
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Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax. View quote
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Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it! (Diana Wynne Jones)
Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol. View quote
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What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too? View quote
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You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want. View quote
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He picked up the skull and knocked an onion ring out of its eye socket. "I see Sophie has been busy again. Couldn't you have restrained her, my friend?" The skull yattered its teeth at him. Howl put it down rather hastily. View quote
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