Jess > Jess's Quotes

“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones

“I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?"

"Not likely! I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“A fickle heart is the only constant in this world”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Look at this!" he shouted "look at it! what has that one-woman force of chaos done to these spells?"
Sophie and Michael whirled round and looked at Howl. His hair was wet, but, apart from that, neither of them could see that it looked any different.
"If you mean me-" Sophie began.
"I do mean you! Look!" Howl shrieked. He sat down with a thump on the three-legged stool and jabbed at his wet head with his fingers. "Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!"
Michael and Sophie bent nervously over Howl's head. it seemed the usual flaxen color right down to the roots. The only difference might have been a slight, very slight, trace of red. Sophie found that agreeable. It reminded her a little of the color her own hair should have been.
"I think it's nice," she said.
"Nice!" screamed Howl. "You would! You did it on purpose. You couldn't rest until you made me miserable too. Look at it! It's ginger! I shall have to hide until it's grown out!" He spread his arms out passionately. "Dispair!" he yelled. "Anguish! Horror!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Doors are very powerful things. Things are different on either side of them.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“You have an instinct, Sophie, that's how," said Howl. "Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later—probably sooner—I'd look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I'd be disappointed in you if I didn't see you.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Of course you hate getting angry!” she retorted. “You don’t like anything unpleasant, do you? You’re a slitherer-outer, that’s what you are! You slither away from anything you don’t like!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.”
― Tamora Pierce

“When in doubt, shoot the wizard.”
― Tamora Pierce

“If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.”
― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice

“I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.”
― Tamora Pierce

“Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.”
― Tamora Pierce

“You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.”
― Tamora Pierce, Emperor Mage

“Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to.”
― Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

“You're more trouble than you're worth."
"I'm a girl. That's my job.”
― Tamora Pierce, Street Magic

“Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.”
― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice

“There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki”
― Tamora Pierce, Squire

“Marriage is for noblewomen with nothing else to do.”
― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice

“Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure

“It's harder to heal than it is to kill.”
― Tamora Pierce

“A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!”
― Tamora Pierce, Squire

“Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak!”
― Tamora Pierce, First Test

“I am not wise, but I can always learn.”
― Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

“Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?”
― Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man