Manuela Tinoco

“By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make some hot buttered toast," she said. "Is that all you can do in the face of tragedy??" Howl asked. "Make toast!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Sophie listened and felt sad. Interesting things did seem to happen, but always to somebody else.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle