Diana Wynne Jones Quotes


You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!


Citations

Jones, Diana Wynne. The Lives of Christopher Chant. Greenwillow Books, 1988.

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The “thieves” won in the sense that TR was the choice of the vast majority of the Republican voters of the time, yet the party bosses manipulated the convention to deny Roosevelt the nomination. Taft was nominated, and Roosevelt ran on the Bull Moose Party and outpolled Taft, but they split the Republican vote and lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.


Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
  • Born: August 16, 1934
  • Died: March 26, 2011
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Novelist

Diana Wynne Jones was an English novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults. Although usually described as fantasy, some of her work also incorporates science fiction themes and elements of realism. Jones' work often explores themes of time travel and parallel or multiple universes. Some of her better-known works are the Chrestomanci series, the Dalemark series, the three Moving Castle novels, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.