"You'll be the death of me! You're as heartless as Howl!" Calcifer choked.
p. 72.
Said while Sophie is using him to burn dust and rubbish.
"Why didn't he turn me out?" [Sophie] said, half to herself and half to Michael. "It beats me," said Michael. "But I think he goes by Calcifer. Most people who come in here either don't notice Calcifer or are scared stiff of him."
p. 76.
It was clear Howl had not yet caught the girl he was after. Sophie listened to Michael asking rather obvious questions about it, and Howl slithering neatly out of answering any of them. "He is a slitherer-outer," Sophie murmured to a pair of Michael's socks. "Can't face his own wickedness."
p. 78.
"Look at this!" [Howl] shouted. " Look at it! What has that one-woman force of chaos done to these spells?"
p. 86.
"I can't get him to speak !" Michael whispered miserably."It's just a tantrum," Sophie said. Martha and Lettie were good at having tantrums too. She knew how to deal with those. On the other hand, it is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.
p. 91.
"This is a bit much Sophie!" [Howl] said. "I do live here."
p. 189.
When he is locked out of his own home.
"What a strange family you are! Is your name really Lettie too?"
p. 261.
Howl to Sophie after both her sisters are revealed to be using the same name.
"Go to bed, you fool." Calcifer said sleepily. "You're drunk.""Who, me?" said Howl. "I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober."
p. 265.
"Typical!" [Howl] said to Sophie. "I break my neck to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!"
pp. 289-290.
"I'm the eldest!" Sophie shrieked. "I'm a failure!""Garbage!" Howl shouted. "You just never stop to think!"
p. 293.
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