“I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!”
Zdroj: Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jonesová byla anglická spisovatelka v žánru fantasy a literatury pro děti a mládež.
Studovala angličtinu na St Anne's College v Oxfordu. Zde mj. navštěvovala přednášky klasiků fantasy C. S. Lewise a J. R. R. Tolkiena, které ji velmi ovlivnily. Absolvovala roku 1956. Roku 2007 obdržela World Fantasy Award za celoživotní přínos žánru fantasy. V roce 2009 byla Jonesové diagnostikovaná rakovina plic. V červnu 2010 oznámila, že ač nevyléčena, ukončuje chemoterapii, aby ještě na chvíli znovu získala rozum, chuť a čich. V roce 2011 rakovině podlehla.
K jejím nejznámějším dílům patří osmidílná série Chrestomanci , čtyřdílná série Dalemark a třídílná série Howl, z níž nejznámější první díl Howl's Moving Castle byla v roce 2007 zfilmována . Animovaný snímek Hayao Miyazakiho byl nominován na Oscara. Knihy Dark Lord of Derkholm a The Tough Guide To Fantasyland jsou fantasy parodie. Její knihy jsou často označovány za vzor pro sérii o Harry Potterovi. Potterovský fenomén také vedl ke znovuobjevení Jonesové. Její dílo je rovněž srovnáváno s pracemi Robina McKinleyho a Neila Gaimana, což byli oba její blízcí přátelé.
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“I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!”
Zdroj: Castle in the Air
“Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“I think we ought to live happily ever after.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.”
Varianta: I'm going to bed, where I may die.
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
Zdroj: Castle Series, Castle in the Air (1990), p. 31.
Kontext: "Maybe," he said, "you should be more careful about whom you let your dog bite."
"Not I!" said Jamal. "I am a believer of free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so."
“Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“You've no right to walk into people's castles and take their guitars.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.”
Zdroj: Castle in the Air
“I make that four horses and ten men just to get rid of one old woman. What did youto the King?”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.”
Zdroj: Castle in the Air
“Things are going round and round in my head--or maybe my head is going round and round in things.”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle
“Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.”
Zdroj: Fire and Hemlock
“A fickle heart is the only constant in this world”
Zdroj: Howl's Moving Castle