Howl’s Moving Castle tells the story of a young girl trying to undo the spell cast on her.
1.”Sorry, I’ve had enough of running away, Sophie. Now, I’ve got something I want to protect. It’s you.” –Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
2.”Here you are, sweetheart. Sorry, I’m late. I was looking everywhere for you!.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
3.”Knowing you’d be there gave me the courage to show up…you saved me, Sophie. I was in big trouble back there.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
4.”Wow, Sophie, your hair looks just like starlight. It’s beautiful.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
5.”I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t torment my friend.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
6.”I feel terrible like there’s a weight on my chest.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
7.”See that new color on the dial? There’s a new portal. It’s a present for you. Come see.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
8.”Where to? I’ll be your escort for this evening.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
9.”I’m just setting things up so all of you can live a comfortable life, Sophie.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
10.”Yes, you are Nosy. You’re dreadfully Nosy, Horribly Bossy, Appallingly clean old mean. Control yourself. You’re victimizing us all.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
11.”Don’t be alarmed but I’m being followed.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
12.”Sophie! you have sabotaged me! Look! Look at what you’ve done to my hair! look!” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
13.”It’s amazing the way one can a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat.” –Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
14.”Looks like we have another addition to the family. Hmmm, you’ve got quite a nasty spell on you too, huh? seems everyone in this family’s got problems.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
15.”The Witch of the Waste and Madame Sulliman’s dog at my table? What possessed you to let them in my house.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
16.”You’re wearing that hat? After all the magic I used to make your dress pretty?” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
17.”You who swallowed a falling star, ‘O heartless man, your heart shall soon be mine.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
18.”He’s calling the spirits of darkness…I saw him do this once before when a girl dumped him!.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
19.”This charm will guarantee your safe return. Don’t worry, I’ll follow behind you in disguise. Now off you go.” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
20.”Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch? ‘Not likely!’ Howl yelled. I’m a coward. The only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I’m not doing it!” -Howl, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
21.”A heart’s a heavy burden.” – Young Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
22.”I knew that living happily ever after with Howl would make a good deal more eventful than any story made it sound, though she was determined to try.” -Young Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
23.”Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!’. I refuse to believe that I was the one that caught with it.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
24.”I missed you too, Calfifer.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
25.”It’s…you’re scaring me. I have this weird feeling you’re going to leave. Howl tell me what’s going on! Please, I don’t care if you’re a monster.” – Young Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
26.”If I give Howl back his heart, what will happen to you?.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
27.”interesting things did seem to happen but always to somebody else.”-Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
28.”They say the best blaze burns brightest when circumstances are at their worst.” -Sophie Hatter, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
29.”Well, the nice thing about being old is you’ve got nothing to lose.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
30.”Why do you get so cold when you’re old? I’m fatter than ever and yet the wind blows right through me!” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
31.”When you’re old, all you want to do is stare at the scenery. It’s so strange. I’ve never felt so peaceful before.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
32.”I know where I am! I’m in Howl’s childhood!” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
33.”It’s all so familiar yet I know I’ve never been here before. I feel so at home.” -Sophie Hatter, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
34.”Your head’s like a turnip. I’ve always hated turnips ever since I was little. Well, at least you’re not upside down now. So long.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
35.”I’m sure Howl won’t eat the heart of a shriveled old lady like me.” –Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
36.“’Don’t worry, old thing,’ Sophie said to the face. ‘You look quite healthy. Besides, this is much more like you than you really are.’” – Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
37.”I’m the worst kind of witch ever. The kind that cleans.” -Young Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
38.”a fire demon. Well, then you should be able to break my curse.” -Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
39.”I could cut a star of paper and drop it.” – Sophie, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
40.”I think we ought to live happily ever after.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
41.”But I brought it on myself by making a bargain some years ago, and I know I shall never be able to love anyone properly now. The water running out of Howl’s eyes was definitely tears now.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
42.”A fickle heart is the only constant in the world.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
43.”One thing you can count on is that heart’s change.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
44.“Calcifer agreed to speed up the castle because of a scarecrow? Dear Sophie, do please tell me how you bully howl into being that obliging. I’d dearly love to know!” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
45.” Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!” –Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
46.” Doors are very powerful things. Things are different on either side of them.” –Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
47.” he was remorseless, but she lacked method.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
48.”You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
49.”My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
50.” That’s why I love spiders.’If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try, try again’.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
51.”I’m Delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes.’Those are spiders.'” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
52.”I make that four horses and ten men just to get rid of one old woman. What did you do to the king?”- Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
53.”You have no right to make jigsaws of people.” –Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
54.”Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
55.”Some People are thoroughly self-centered. This thing goes with me. I need it for moral support.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
56.”The rule was: Lose your temper, lose a customer. She had just proved that rule. It troubled her to realize how very enjoyable it had been.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
57.”Things are going round and round in my head–or maybe my head is going round and round in things.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
58.”We can’t all be Mad Hatters.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
59.”People Sophie had known all her life came and brought flowers by the bundle. None of them recognized her, and that made her feel very odd.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
60.”Mother knows you don’t have to be unkind to someone in order to exploit them.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
61.”Be daffodils in June, you beasty things.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
62.”Perhaps she was a little mad, but then old women often were.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
63.“I’m a failure! Garbage! You just never stop to think.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
64.“But her eyes were blue and full of anxieties, and her hair was darkish.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
65.“Oh, how your ears flap and your long nose twitches!” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
66.“Though he did not seem to want to leave the hills, he was known to amuse himself by collecting young girls and sucking the souls from them.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
67.”being a crone did not stop her enjoying the sight and smell of may in the hedgerows, though the sight was a little blurred.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
68.”This isn’t so bad, Now is it? You’re still in good shape and your clothes finally suit you.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
69.”If I give you a hint and tell you a hint, it will be information.” – Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
70.”That’s magic I admire using something that exists anyway and turning it round into a curse.” -Diana Wynne Jones, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
71.”Nobody’s safe in a wizard’s house”. – Calcifer, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
72.”I didn’t let them in here! Sophie crash-landed her plane into my face!” -Calcifer, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
73.”Those wizards are going to regret doing that. They’ll never change back into humans.” -Calcifer, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
74.”I don’t cook! I’m a scary and powerful fire demon.” -Calcifer, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
75.”Here’s another curse: may all your bacon burn.”-Calcifer, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.
The post Best 75 Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Quotes appeared first on NSF - Music Magazine.