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
believe sophie suits
Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!
fool sophie busy
Busy old fool, unruly Sophie
sheep white legs
It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters.
land league boots
In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.
nice jealous water-lily
And you're too nice," he added, above the lap-lap of the water and the patter of sand on the water-lily leaves. "I was relying on you being too jealous to let that demon near the place.
hats kitten robbers
You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!
cheer squares sight
By this time, half the people in High Norland were gathered in Royal Square to stare at the castle. They all watched with disbelief as the castle rose slightly into the air and glided toward the road that led southward. It was hardly more than an alley, really. "It'll never fit!" people said. But the castle somehow squeezed itself narrow enough to drift away along it and out of sight. The citizens of High Norland gave it a cheer as it went.
cones my-friends calcifer
I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober.
long rooms persons
Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.
cat use praying
Pray use both cats as sponges if it pleases you, infatuated infantryman.
people like-me knows
But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all right.
fairy-stories facts looks
Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.
girl lovely sophie
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?
people age said
I've often noticed" Fiona said, "that when people say, 'This can't happen in this day and age', they say it because it is happening.