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
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.
names strange howl
What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?
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.
body said howls-moving-castle
She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
real behave persons
I've seen golems. They don't behave like a real person.
rooms may howl
I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.
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!
girl thinking islands
Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).
running sorry sophie
Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.
interesting interesting-things happens
Interesting things did seem to happen, but always to somebody else.
voice dying helping
Howl’s voice was presently heard shouting weakly, “Help me, someone! I’m dying from neglect up here!