'Young man,' said Gladys, 'is everyone in your world like you?'

'No,' he said. 'Most of them are taller.'

'I meant,' said Gladys, 'are they all so immoral - or do I mean amoral?'

'Well,' Tod said, 'my father's like me, and my uncle's viler. But my cousin and at least two of my brothers-in-law are quite saintly really. Why?'

'Because,' she said, 'I expect to fit in quite well.

A Sudden Wild Magic ~ Diana Wynne Jones

This was another thing about Zillah that irritated Tod. She was so plumb ignorant of magework. It was almost as if she refused to learn on purpose, and possibly encouraged Marcus to make a noise so that she could leave. He allowed that this was partly due to the lack of confidence - someone, way back in Zillah's history, has evidently sapped her confidence pretty badly - but he also suspected that it was due to arrogance. In some secret place in her mind, Zillah felt that she has no need to learn.

A Sudden Wild Magic ~ Diana Wynne Jones

Is this drink toffee or kea, or neither?

Roz, A Sudden Wild Magic ~ Diana Wynne Jones

He had tried to conjecture why in hellspoke's name the law required him to come to this armpit of the universe. It was a very archaic law. The only modern justification that he had been able to come up with was that all this adversity was supposed to toughen his soul. To Tod's mind you did not make a soul tough by walking all over it: you just made dents.

A Sudden Wild Magic ~ Diana Wynne Jones

I can clean the dirt from this place even if I can't clean you from your wickedness, young man.

Sophie, Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.

Calcifer, Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.

Howl, Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

My shining dishonesty shall be the salvation of me.

Howl, Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

"I'm the eldest!" Sophie shrieked. "I'm a failure!"
"Garbage!" Howl shouted. "You just never stop to think!"

Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

Howl said, "I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more eventful than any story made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me," said Howl.

Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

Sophie did not wonder the castle had a lopsided look.
The marvel was that it did not fall apart on the spot.

Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

“What made me think I wanted life to be interesting?” she asked as she ran. “I’d be far too scared. It comes of being the eldest of three.”

Sophie, Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

For you, the only way to behave well was to behave badly.
For me, the only way to win was to lose.
You weren’t to know me, and I wasn’t to remember you.

Polly to Tom, Fire and Hemlock ~ Diana Wynne Jones

"Go to bed, you fool," Calcifer said sleepily. "You're drunk."
"Who, me?" said Howl. "I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober."
He got up and stalked upstairs,
feeling for the walls as if he thought it might escape him unless he kept in touch with it.
His bedroom door did escape him.

Howl's Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

Fire and Hemlock ~ Diana Wynne Jones