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Mandy

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Mandy’s Quotes

“If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."

[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
― Scott Lynch

tags: honesty, reviews, twitter

831 likes

“Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

tags: anger, behavior, psychology, sadness

164 likes

“I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

411 likes

“Look at it! It's ginger! I shall have to hide until it's grown out! Despair! Anguish! Horror!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

tags: drama-queen, howl, humour, wizard-howl

5 likes

“Howl’s voice was presently heard shouting weakly, “Help me, someone! I’m dying from neglect up here!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

tags: howl-s-moving-castle

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