He picked up the skull and knocked an onion ring out of its eye socket. "I see Sophie has been busy again. Couldn't you have restrained her, my friend?" The skull yattered its teeth at him. Howl put it down rather hastily.
Diana Wynne JonesTypical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!
Diana Wynne JonesOh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!
Diana Wynne JonesNo I am not all right!โ Chrestomanci said, after five minutes of this. โI have worldwide blisters. I need a shave. Iโm tired out and I havenโt had anything to eat since breakfast yesterday. Would you feel alright in my position?
Diana Wynne JonesWhat makes you a real girl or boy is that no one laughs at you. If you are imitation or unreal, the rules give you a right to exist provided you do what the real ones or brutes say. What makes you into me or Charles Morgan is that the rules allow all the girls to be better than me and all the boys better than Charles Morgan.
Diana Wynne Jones