“Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.”
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Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York. It was a runner-up for the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and it won the Phoenix Award twenty years later, recognising its rise from relative obscurity. In 2004 it was adapted as an animated film of the same name, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
“My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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“What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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“Things are going round and round in my head--or maybe my head is going round and round in things.”
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“I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober.”
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“I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders.”
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“She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.”
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“Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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“A fickle heart is the only constant in this world”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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“I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
Variant: I'm going to bed, where I may die.
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“I make that four horses and ten men just to get rid of one old woman. What did youto the King?”
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“If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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“Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
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