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
fate care
Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.
believe moving people
This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here on Earth. As you can see, it's constantly growing and moving as people invent new tales to tell or find new things to believe. The older strands move out to become these spirals, where things tend to become quite crude and dangerous. They've hardened off, you see.
want ifs howls-moving-castle
You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.
hats
Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.
method remorseless
She was remorseless, but she lacked method.
trying necks typical
Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!
hangover fool sophie
I've got a hangover." "No, you hit your head on the floor." "I can't stay. I've got to rescue that fool Sophie.
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.
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.