I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.

Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace.

A fickle heart is the only constant in this world

Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.

Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.

Howl has been very kind to me." And this was true, Sophie realized. Howl showed his kindness rather strangely, but, considering all Sophie did to annoy him, he had been very good to her indeed. "Do listen. He's not wicked at all!" There was a bit of a fizz from the grate at this, where Calcifer was watching with some interest. " He isn't!" Sophie said, to Calcifer as much as to Fanny.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.