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Mandy

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Mandy’s Quotes

“A heart's a heavy burden.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

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“when my mind was young and the barrier between reality and make-believe had not yet hardened into the shell that cocoons us in adult life.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

tags: make-believe, reality

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

tags: fantasy, fiction, humor, young-adult

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“I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

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“If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."

[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
― Scott Lynch

tags: honesty, reviews, twitter

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