Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 August 1934
reason
Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.
fate care
Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.
trying necks typical
Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!
dream other-worlds two
You've probably all had those kinds of dreams that are like usual life, except that a lot of things are not the same, and you seem to know the future in them. Well, this is because these other worlds where two things can happen spread out from our world like rainbows, and sort of flow into one another-
long sophie noses
When have you looked?" said Sophie. "Oh, how your rears flap and your long nose twitches", Howl croaked.
boys way masters
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.
mad special goats
Goats," said Maxwell Hyde, "are a special case. Mad as hatters, all of them.
parent one-day parks
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.
thinking care might
Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol.
real behave persons
I've seen golems. They don't behave like a real person.
I hope your bacon burns.
garden natural should
A garden should be natural-seeming, with wild sections, including a large area of bluebells.
selfish believe mean
Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to anything." "Indeed? Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies." "What do you mean, vices? I was just describing Howl. He comes from another world entirely, you know, called Wales, and I refuse to believe he's dead!
running sorry sophie
Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.