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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. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. srpen 1934 – 26. březen 2011
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“You wouldn't believe how lonely you get.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha The Homeward Bounders

Zdroj: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 36.

“That was the trouble with Joris. He was nice. You ended up liking him, whatever you did. Even when you wanted to shake him till his head fell off.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha The Homeward Bounders

Zdroj: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 131.

“I was a thoroughly hardened Homeward Bounder. There seemed nothing I didn't know.
Then I ran into Helen. My friendly neighbourhood enemy. There really was nothing like Helen on any world I'd ever been to. I sometimes didn't think she was human at all.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha The Homeward Bounders

Zdroj: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 70.

“Rosenberg, Teya; Hixon, Martha P.; Scapple, Sharon M.; White, Donna R. Diana Wynne Jones - An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom (New York: Peter Lang, 2002). ISBN 082045687X”

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“"Unprintable things!" I said - only I didn't say that. I really said them.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha The Homeward Bounders

Zdroj: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 56.

“Please, your story, or I shall offend the dignitaries of my kingdom by yawning at holy things.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha Hexwood

Zdroj: Hexwood (1993), p. 261.

“"If you call me V. S. once again," she said, "I shall scream - I warn you!"
Sam patted her arm. "You need a butter-pie," he said kindly.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha A Tale of Time City

Zdroj: A Tale of Time City (1987), p. 73.

“I never said my wishes were supposed to do anyone any good," said the genie. "In fact, I swore that they would always do as much harm as possible.”

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Zdroj: Castle Series, Castle in the Air (1990), pp. 102-103.

“"Heroes see things like that," he said.
"It's obviously an enchantment of some kind," Polly agreed, humouring him.
"It must be," he said. It sounded as if he was humouring her.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha Fire and Hemlock

Zdroj: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 34.

“People may wonder how Mitt came to join in the Holand Sea Festival, carrying a bomb, and what he thought he was doing. Mitt wondered himself by the end.”

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First lines.
Zdroj: Dalemark Quartet, Drowned Ammet (1977), p. 223.

“If nothing happened, then there's nothing to remember," she told herself, trying to sound philosophical. "Of course there's nowhere to start.”

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Zdroj: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 14.

“Amazing. You're here, but you can't do a simple thing like raising light, or do I mean lazing right? Whichever. You can't. Why not?"
"No one ever showed me how," I said.
He swayed about, looking solemn. "I quote," he said. "I'm very well read in the literature of several worlds, you know, and I quote. What do they teach them in these schools?”

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Zdroj: Magids Series, The Merlin Conspiracy (2003), p. 113.

“"Can I eat these?" he said.
"No," said Vivian. "I'm hungry."
"I'll give you half," Sam said, plainly thinking he was being generous.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha A Tale of Time City

Zdroj: A Tale of Time City (1987), p. 21.

“Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people’s lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.”

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'About the Author', The Many Worlds of Diana Wynne Jones http://www.dianawynnejones.co.uk/author/default.aspx (HarperCollins, 2005). Retrieved June 14 2005.

“Pretending was like that. Things seemed to make themselves up, once you got going.”

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Zdroj: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 29.

“It is of course a magic carpet.”

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Abdullah had heard that one before. He bowed over his tucked-up hands. "Many and various are the virtues said to reside in carpets," he agreed. "Which one does the poet of the sands claim for this? Does it welcome a man home to his tent? Does it bring peace to the hearth? Or maybe," he said, poking the frayed edge suggestively with one toe, "it is said to never wear out?"
Zdroj: Castle Series, Castle in the Air (1990), pp. 16-17.

“Happiness isn't a thing.”

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Diana Wynne Jones kniha Fire and Hemlock

You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things."
Zdroj: Fire and Hemlock (1985), p. 311.

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