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 JonesTags: humor
In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: fairy-tale once-upon-a-time
You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.
Diana Wynne JonesNobody can buy a hat without gossiping.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: gossip
I think we ought to live happily ever after.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: love happily-ever-after
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.
Diana Wynne JonesThis is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here on Earth. As you can see, it's constantly growing and moving as people invent new tales to tell or find new things to believe. The older strands move out to become these spirals, where things tend to become quite crude and dangerous. They've hardened off, you see.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: religion
I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!
Diana Wynne JonesTags: humor animals people cheat
Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: inspirational right praise
Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: fate
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