Diana Wynne Jones Quotes - Page 2

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!

...if the spell was off, I’d have my heart eaten before I could turn around.”
“Don’t you want your heart eaten?” asked the fire. [...]
“Naturally I don’t,” Sophie answered.

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

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

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

Charles realized that if he were going to apologize to Chrestomanci, he had better do it at once. He turned around to say it. But the folds had already rippled flat and nothing was the same anymore....

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

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

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