It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: hair-drama tantrums
Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!
Diana Wynne JonesTags: humor vanity hair-drama
There is very seldom any true secret.
Diana Wynne JonesTags: secrets
What did you do?" said Charles.
"You know that night all our shoes went into the hall," said Nirupam. "Well, we had a feast that night. Dan Smith made me get up the floorboards and get the food out. He says I have no right to be so large and so weak," Nirupam said resentfully, "and I was hating him for it, when I took the boards up and found a pair of running shoes, with spikes, hidden there with the food. I turned those shoes into a chocolate cake. I knew Dan was so greedy that he would eat it all himself. And he did eat it. He didn't let anyone else have any. You may have noticed that he wasn't quite himself the next day."
So much had happened to Charles that particular day, that he could not remember Dan seeming anything at all. He didn't have the heart to explain all the trouble Nirupam had caused him. "Those were my spikes," he said sadly. He wobbled along on the mop rather awed at the thought of iron spikes passing through Dan's stomach. "He must have a digestion like an ostrich!"
"The spikes were turned into cherries," said Nirupam. "The soles were the cream. The shoes as a whole became what is called a Black Forest gateau.
Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!
Diana Wynne JonesI've often noticed" Fiona said, "that when people say, 'This can't happen in this day and age', they say it because it is happening.
Diana Wynne JonesBeing a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.
Diana Wynne JonesThe truth between two people always cuts two ways.
Diana Wynne JonesTo love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.
Diana Wynne JonesSAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.
Diana Wynne Jones« first previous
Page 8 of 18.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.