Quotes By Author: Diana Wynne Jones
“Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours”. Sophie’s teeth chattered but she said proudly, “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.”
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“After this, Boy became very curious about the mansion where the clothes and the food came from. He made me describe everything. Then he asked Good Thing ‘Are there books in this mansion, too?”And pictures and jewels,’ Good Thing said through me. ‘What does Master wish me to fetch? There is a golden harp, a musical box like a bird, a—”Just books,’ said Boy. ‘I need to learn. I’m still so ignorant.”
“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.”
“The truth between two people always cuts two ways.”
“This book will prove the following ten facts:1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there.2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch.3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity.4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight.5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast.6. An Englishman’s home is his castle.7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.8. One black eye deserves another.9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm.10. It pays to increase your word power.”
“Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later— probably sooner— I’d look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I’d be disappointed in you if I didn’t see you.” “Are you off to the iceberg today?” Sophie retorted.”
“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.”
“What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?”
“Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!”
“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!”
“I feel ill,” [Howl] announced. “I’m going to bed, where I may die.”
“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.”
“Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.”