“When have you looked?" said Sophie.

"Oh, how your rears flap and your long nose twitches", Howl croaked.”

—  Diana Wynne Jones , book Howl's Moving Castle

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

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English children's fantasy writer 1934–2011

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