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Diana Wynne Jones – brytyjska autorka powieści fantasy dla dzieci i dorosłych.

W Polsce znana jest za sprawą serii „Światy Chrestomanciego”, trzech powieści o ruchomym zamku oraz powieści „Spisek w Królestwie Czarów”. Jest autorką kilkudziesięciu powieści, tłumaczonych na 15 języków. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. Sierpień 1934 – 26. Marzec 2011
Diana Wynne Jones: 137   Cytatów 0   Polubień

Diana Wynne Jones: Cytaty po angielsku

“You wouldn't believe how lonely you get.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka The Homeward Bounders

Źródło: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 36.

“That was the trouble with Joris. He was nice. You ended up liking him, whatever you did. Even when you wanted to shake him till his head fell off.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka The Homeward Bounders

Źródło: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 131.

“I was a thoroughly hardened Homeward Bounder. There seemed nothing I didn't know.
Then I ran into Helen. My friendly neighbourhood enemy. There really was nothing like Helen on any world I'd ever been to. I sometimes didn't think she was human at all.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka The Homeward Bounders

Źródło: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 70.

“Rosenberg, Teya; Hixon, Martha P.; Scapple, Sharon M.; White, Donna R. Diana Wynne Jones - An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom (New York: Peter Lang, 2002). ISBN 082045687X”

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“"Unprintable things!" I said - only I didn't say that. I really said them.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka The Homeward Bounders

Źródło: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 56.

“Please, your story, or I shall offend the dignitaries of my kingdom by yawning at holy things.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka Hexwood

Źródło: Hexwood (1993), p. 261.

“"If you call me V. S. once again," she said, "I shall scream - I warn you!"
Sam patted her arm. "You need a butter-pie," he said kindly.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka A Tale of Time City

Źródło: A Tale of Time City (1987), p. 73.

“I never said my wishes were supposed to do anyone any good," said the genie. "In fact, I swore that they would always do as much harm as possible.”

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Źródło: Castle Series, Castle in the Air (1990), pp. 102-103.

“"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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Diana Wynne Jones książka Fire and Hemlock

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

“People may wonder how Mitt came to join in the Holand Sea Festival, carrying a bomb, and what he thought he was doing. Mitt wondered himself by the end.”

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First lines.
Źródło: Dalemark Quartet, Drowned Ammet (1977), p. 223.

“If nothing happened, then there's nothing to remember," she told herself, trying to sound philosophical. "Of course there's nowhere to start.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka Fire and Hemlock

Źródło: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 14.

“Amazing. You're here, but you can't do a simple thing like raising light, or do I mean lazing right? Whichever. You can't. Why not?"
"No one ever showed me how," I said.
He swayed about, looking solemn. "I quote," he said. "I'm very well read in the literature of several worlds, you know, and I quote. What do they teach them in these schools?”

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Źródło: Magids Series, The Merlin Conspiracy (2003), p. 113.

“"Can I eat these?" he said.
"No," said Vivian. "I'm hungry."
"I'll give you half," Sam said, plainly thinking he was being generous.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka A Tale of Time City

Źródło: A Tale of Time City (1987), p. 21.

“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.”

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'About the Author', The Many Worlds of Diana Wynne Jones http://www.dianawynnejones.co.uk/author/default.aspx (HarperCollins, 2005). Retrieved June 14 2005.

“Pretending was like that. Things seemed to make themselves up, once you got going.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka Fire and Hemlock

Źródło: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 29.

“It is of course a magic carpet.”

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Abdullah had heard that one before. He bowed over his tucked-up hands. "Many and various are the virtues said to reside in carpets," he agreed. "Which one does the poet of the sands claim for this? Does it welcome a man home to his tent? Does it bring peace to the hearth? Or maybe," he said, poking the frayed edge suggestively with one toe, "it is said to never wear out?"
Źródło: Castle Series, Castle in the Air (1990), pp. 16-17.

“Happiness isn't a thing.”

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Diana Wynne Jones książka Fire and Hemlock

You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things."
Źródło: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 311.