“I fancy you forgot to pedal,” Chrestomanci said.
“But how does he pedal and balance?” - Julia wanted to know.
“One of life’s mysteries,” Chestomanci said “But I have frequently seen it done.”
The Pinhoe Egg, Diana Wynne Jones. :)
(Source: l-e-v-i-r-i-e-t)
narnianqueen a répondu à votre question : Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
I’m in the same situation as alea-lefevre! The word warlock was absolute new to me, and I was rather obsessed with it after learning, haha :)
oonaseckar a répondu à votre question : Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
What did you think it applied to? *mystified*
drawsoneverything a répondu à votre question : Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
Good people are far from perfect, flaws make you a person.
To the second person, it’s more that it’s solely the stealing of apples, that seems very specific. Then again I have apple trees in my back yard so I’ve never had to scrump them from someone else. Also I’m not a little British boy in some steampunk magic world; I am probably as opposite as that gets. :)
And to the third person: aww.
deflect a répondu à votre question: Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
Charmed Life! Yessss.
fawkesfonseca a répondu à votre question: Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
scrumping for me, too…
alea-lefevre a répondu à votre question: Today I learned that « scrumping » only refers to taking apples.
all the synonyms of witch and … all the words I’ve never read in harry potter (I’m french and that was my 2nd english novel) :D
To the last one, that’s how I felt reading Le Petit Prince en français.
As I have only ever seen this word (and learned it from) Charmed Life, I thought you’d all appreciate that tidbit.
What words did you guys learn from Chrestomanci?
“Who are you calling gentleman?” the Farleigh man demanded.
“Not you, obviously” Chrestomanci said.
Pinhoe Egg, Diana W. Jones.
(Source: l-e-v-i-r-i-e-t)
Diana Wynne Jones (via magpieinthesky)
Her comparing Christopher and Howl is truly one of the greatest things Tumblr has ever brought me.
D’you mean when he went to series eleven? (Seven is where Conrad is from)
If so, then YES, this was actually on my list of things to draw this weekend!
It isn’t until Flavian is exhausted and ready to collapse that he remembers: He warded his bedroom door in the morning, the way he always used to—because he couldn’t bear to have the maids mucking up his papers—before leaving for the disastrous raid on the Wraith. And things have been so hectic ever since that he’s been catching naps in chairs in odd corners rather than sleeping properly. And now that he finally has a chance to sleep in his own bed, he’s locked out.
“We’ll get your magic back, you know. Everyone’s. The Wraith isn’t being very cooperative, but there are others in the organization who’ll know what’s been done with it, and who’ll be more amenable to persuasion.”
“Well,” says Flavian. Dubiously, because experience has taught him that anything he wants this badly to be true probably isn’t. “You would know.”
Mordecai explains a few things to Flavian.
It was summer—the tail end of summer, anyway—when I first arrived in Series Twelve. If it hadn’t been, I probably would have turned right around and gone somewhere else, and things would have been very different. But it was, and I didn’t, and a few weeks later I found myself packing my school trunk full of things I’d never worn before—petticoats, stockings, pointy black shoes that pinched—and scowling down at the bit of castle lawn I could see from my window.
“Frost,” I said scornfully. “I suppose this is what happens in a world where you haven’t got a proper goddess to manage things.”
Life in Twelve isn’t exactly what Millie expected.
