“I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.”

— Diana Wynne Jones , book Fire and Hemlock

Source: Fire and Hemlock

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English children's fantasy writer 1934–2011

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“"Heroes see things like that," he said.
"It's obviously an enchantment of some kind," Polly agreed, humouring him.
"It must be," he said. It sounded as if he was humouring her.”

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Source: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 34.

“I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.”

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