Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

Before long, everyone was giving him answers, and feeling a little superior, because it was really remarkable the number of things Chrestomanci seemed not to know. He had heard of Hitler, though he asked Brian to refresh his memory about him, but he had only the haziest notion about Gandhi or Einstein, and he had never heard of Walt Disney or reggae.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

City of Wizards is normally quite a GOOD thing, since only Good WIZARDS seem able to live together. . . .There have been cities of EVIL Wizards in the past. You will occasionally come across the sites of these, reduced to a glassy slag during the ultimate disagreement.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

Polaris often remarks to Sol that Sirius loses his temper much less often these days. But the one sure way to send him into a flaming rage is to suggest that he finds a new Companion. Sirius will not hear of it. The small white sphere circling his goes untenanted, because he hopes that what Miss Smith said is true.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

People are wrong when they say things like, “I didn’t have time to think.” If you’re really worried, or really miserable, those feelings come welling up around the edges of the other things you’re doing, so that you are in the feelings even when you’re working hard at something else.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

And suddenly, as if her head had cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Even if they’re only in my own mind, she thought, they’re there and worth fighting for. I mustn’t give in.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

I am a total zombie just after I wake up. It takes me half an hour even to get my eyes open. Ask anyone who knows me. I can't see, I can't talk properly, I can't do anything without help. The only think I can do properly is think. And I know how to exploit my condition. I've had years of practice.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

There is very seldom any true secret.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

The demon at length fell to singing a gentle, flickering little song. It was not in any language Sophie knew - or she thought not, until she distinctly heard the word saucepan in it several times...

~ Diana Wynne Jones

If you must know, I-I had never in my life kissed a young lady, and you are far too beautiful to me to want to get it wrong!

~ Diana Wynne Jones

I hate dialect. It gets in the way. If there is a need for dialect, you can render it quite easily by reproducing the rythm of that form of speech. Then you don't need to bother with silly spellings

~ Diana Wynne Jones

You owe me. You roasted my father.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

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

~ Diana Wynne Jones

Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.

~ Diana Wynne Jones

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

~ Diana Wynne Jones