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Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults.

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

Care, Fate, Take, Time

By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make some hot buttered toast," she said. "Is that all you can do in the face of tragedy??" Howl asked. "Make toast!

Tragedy, Slime, Hot, Mood, Buttered, Away

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

Admit, Howl'S Moving Castle, Ifs, Pigsty, Right, Want

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.

Like, Long, Persons, Room, Rooms, Smiled

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

Hiding, Ignorance, Peter, Stop

I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you. ” “No! No!” the star crackled desperately. “That’s wrong! I’m supposed to die!” “But I could save you if you’d let me catch you,” Michael told it gently. “No!” cried the star. “I’d rather die!

Catch, Crackled, Explained, Hurt, Stars, Want

Hope is the forward-looking part of memory.

Hope, Memories, Memory, Part

Goats," said Maxwell Hyde, "are a special case. Mad as hatters, all of them.

Goats, Mad, Maxwell, Said, Special

Busy old fool, unruly Sophie

Busy, Fool, Sophie, Unruly

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

Enough, Forever, Let, Love, Love Someone

You're wearing that hat? After all the magic I used to make your dress pretty?" ~Howl from the movie 'Howl's Moving Castle

Dresses, Magic, Movie, Moving, Wearing

Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.

Fairy Stories, Like, Myth, Nice, People, Stepmothers

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.

Anywhere, Expectations, Genius, Good, Thinking

I could cut a star out of paper and drop it.

Cut, Cutting, Drop, Paper, Stars

But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them

Dragons, Good, Interesting, Personality, Reasons

Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!

Neck, Necks, Peacefully, Tidying, Trying, Typical

It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.

Child, Children, Genius, Lucky

A fickle heart is the only constant in this world

Constant, Fickle, Heart, World

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.

Countryman, Dream, Fellow, Setting, Teeth, Trying

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

Know, Knows, Like, Like Me, People

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