Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

As she turned left to the gateway, it occurred to her that swimming was only one of a very large num...

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 ...

The truth between two people always cuts two ways.

Polaris often remarks to Sol that Sirius loses his temper much less often these days. But the one su...

There is very seldom any true secret.

You owe me. You roasted my father.

People are wrong when they say things like, “I didn’t have time to think.” If you’re really worried,...

After that, all the while Millie was eating the pudding... we both tore Christopher's character to s...

Jamal stared at the dog in his arms. "Why I am I holding a dog full of angels?

If you must know, I-I had never in my life kissed a young lady, and you are far too beautiful to me ...

Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours". Sophie's teeth chattered but she said proudly, "He's the best...

Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.

I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must ...

Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.

I think it was then that it dawned on me that Mum wasn't going to notice Chris was missing. She has ...

Learn to drive?""Never," said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.

This book will prove the following ten facts:1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and ...

After that, he tried to go upstairs through the broom cupboard, and then the yard. This seemed to pu...

And, suddenly, as if her head cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Ev...

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, ...

A book for children, like the myths and folktales that tend to slide into it, is really a blueprint ...

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something what you achieve is very much according to your...

This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and h...

In a way it was worth it, she thought, except that it was such a total waste.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such st...

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that ...

But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons ...

Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.

And suddenly, as if her head had cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist....

I'll show you how," Peter said. "Stop hiding behind your ignorance.

I'm going to bed, where I may die.

The demon at length fell to singing a gentle, flickering little song. It was not in any language Sop...

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all r...

Howl pointed a shaky hand up toward the canopy of his bed. “That’s why I love spiders. ‘If at first ...

So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?""Not ...

Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the oce...

I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.

He gave Sophie the smile which had no doubt charmed the Witch of the Waste and possibly Lettie too, ...

Wizard Howl," said Wizard Suliman. "I must apologize for trying to bite you so often. In the normal ...

I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you.” “No! No!” the star crackled desper...

Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.

What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?

I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living h...

Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.

Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, ...

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

Some people are thoroughly self-centred. This thing goes with me. I need it for moral support.

He held out his hand to Sophie, just like Mrs. Pentstemmon, but a little less royally. Sophie levere...

Is something the matter?” Calcifer asked. “Yes. My heart. There was a scarecrow at the door!” Sophie...

Annoyed?” said Sophie. “Why should I be annoyed? Someone only filled the castle with rotten aspic, a...

Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!

I hate dialect. It gets in the way. If there is a need for dialect, you can render it quite easily b...

Beauty isn't made of sugar.

If you like, you can all think of it as my gift to you. I never had much else to give. You can get o...

...and said grace in Welsh. It was all rolling, thundering language.

City of Wizards is normally quite a GOOD thing, since only Good WIZARDS seem able to live together. ...

Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without...

Slender Youth. A tour companion who may be either a lost prince or a girl/princess in disguise. In t...

Female Mercenary. This will be a companion on your Tour. She is usually tall, thin and wiry, silent,...

Small Man can be a very funny or a very tiresome Tour Companion, depending on how this kind of thing...

After this, Boy became very curious about the mansion where the clothes and the food came from. He m...

When you grow up to be an author and write books, you'll think you're making the books up, but they'...

Mr. Crossley suddenly wondered why he was why he was worrying about the note. It was only a joke, af...

Charles realized that if he were going to apologize to Chrestomanci, he had better do it at once. He...

Before long, everyone was giving him answers, and feeling a little superior, because it was really r...