“Annoyed?” said Sophie. “Why should I be annoyed? Someone only filled the castle with rotten aspic, and deafened everyone in Porthaven, and scared Calcifer to a cinder, and broke a few hundred hearts. Why should that annoy me?” Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle Source: Howl's Moving Castle Heart
“There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character… Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.” Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper Source: My Sister's Keeper People , Change , Time
“SHE LIKES MY SPARK!!!!--Calcifer” Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle Source: Howl's Moving Castle
“Calcifer," Sophie said, "I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you?" "It would if anyone else broke it," Calcifer said hoarsely. "That's why I asked you to do it.” Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle Source: Howl's Moving Castle
