Quotes by "Diana Wynne Jones"

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

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

Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.

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

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

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

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

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

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

Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later— probably sooner— I’d look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I’d be disappointed in you if I didn’t see you.” “Are you off to the iceberg today?” Sophie retorted.

The truth between two people always cuts two ways.

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 things.

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.

After this, Boy became very curious about the mansion where the clothes and the food came from. He made me describe everything. Then he asked Good Thing 'Are there books in this mansion, too?' 'And pictures and jewels,' Good Thing said through me. 'What does Master wish me to fetch? There is a golden harp, a musical box like a bird, a—' 'Just books,' said Boy. 'I need to learn. I'm still so ignorant.

I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.