"What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?"

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Diana Wynne Jones

#Names Quotes #Strange Quotes #Howl Quotes

“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”

Source : Anthony Hope (2016). “The Prisoner of Zenda”, p.4, Xist Publishing
“All men contain several men inside them, and most of us bounce from one self to another without ever knowing who we are.”
“Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into relations of affection, submission, and communion with Him.”

Source : Edward Norris Kirk (1857). “Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical”, p.25
“There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.”
“I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid.”

Source : John Connolly (2015). “Dark Hollow: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.”
“The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it.”
“Trust in God - she will provide.”

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