“It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
“When might I expect you then?"
Whenever is least convenient for you, the demon replied.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
“You owe me. You roasted my father.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
“Then the geese replaced themselves with six pigs and vanished.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
“Really, Wizard Derk, this place is like a pigsty!" she said.
Derk settled more comfortably among the pigs. "It is a pigsty," he said.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
“I've been feeling rather bloodthirsty lately, and saving the world seemed a good way to use it.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Dark Lord of Derkholm
Diana Wynne Jones
Born place: in London, England, The United Kingdom
Born date August 16, 1934
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“Meet the new witch, same as the old bitch. We monkeys have dinged enough dongs to know.”
― Danielle Paige, quote from The Wicked Will Rise
“وضع قدمه على الأرض الروسية وهو يرتدي قبعته الصغيرة وقميصه النظيف المهترئ وسترته البالية. جيش مؤلف من شخص قصير شاحب وأعزل. وكان يقف ضد الأرض الروسية الشاسعة والموجيك الأشرار والأرستقراطيين المعربدين والكهنوت ذي القوة الطاغية، والحصون والقصور والسجون والقوانين القديمة والأخلاق القديمة والسوط. الإمبراطورية القديمة المدججة بالسلاح. هناك وقف بقبعته الصغيرة، وبعينيه المنغوليتين الدقيقتين اللتين تحدقان بثبات في الجو بينما كان في داخله شيطان يرقص ويصفر وهو يصر بأسنانه وبتكلم: هذا كله لك يا فلاديمير اليتش. إنني أهبك إياه مجاناً. يكفي أن تقول عبارة واحدة. قل العبارة السحرية التي كنت أمليها عليك طوال تلك السنين الطويلة: "يا عمال العالم اتحدوا!" قلها وعندها فإن القياصرة والقساوسة ذوي اللحى العنزية والجدائل الذهبية والكروش المتخمة والأنيقة، بنفخة واحدة سيتساقطون على أقفيتهم. امش على جثثهم يا فلاديمير اليتش. إلى الأمام يا فتى، دس على جثثهم واصعد. ركز العلم الأحمر على الكرملين. حطم جماجمهم بالمطرقة واقطع أعناقهم بالمنجل!
وراح لينين يسأل وهو يصغي إلى شيطانه الداخلي بقبضتين مشدودتين "من أنت؟ قل لي اسمك. أريد أن أعرف من أنت"
"أنا المعجزة" أجاب الشيطان ونطح روسيا بقرنيه.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, quote from Report to Greco
“What's going on? Not much. My mother's falling to pieces, my sister is a selfish bitch and my father's committing slow suicide for sake of his kingdom. That's all.”
― Karen Miller, quote from The Innocent Mage
“It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.”
― Elizabeth George, quote from A Woman After God's Own Heart
“We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem, remind us of what no person can take, and that is our minds and our imaginations.”
― Lloyd Jones, quote from Mister Pip
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