“ I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself. Roald Dahl
“ I is not understanding human beans at all,’ the BFG said. ‘You is a human bean and you is saying it is grizzling and horrigust for giants to be eating human beans. Right or left?’ ‘Right,’ Sophie said… Roald Dahl
“ Don’t argue, my dear child, please don’t argue! cried Mr. Wonka. It’s such a waste of precious time! Roald Dahl
“ But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there. Roald Dahl
“ And it was then I began to realize for the first time that there are two distinct sides to a writer of fiction. First, there is the side he displays to the public, that of an ordinary person like anyo… Roald Dahl
“ And when he put his mind to it, he could make his words coil themselves around and around the listener until they held her in some sort of a mild hypnotic spell. Roald Dahl
“ When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green. Roald Dahl
“ You mean you live down here?' Matilda asked.'I do', Miss Honey replied, but she said no more.Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her… Roald Dahl
“ You are still yourself in everything except your appearance. You've still got your own mind and your own brain and your own voice, and thank goodness for that. Roald Dahl
“ Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night. Roald Dahl
“ There’s no earthly way of knowing Which direction they are going! There’s no knowing where they’re rowing, Or which way the river’s flowing! Not a speck of light is showing, So the danger must be grow… Roald Dahl
“ There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah! -Harry Wormwood Roald Dahl
“ There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet. Roald Dahl
“ The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious. Roald Dahl
“ The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do. Roald Dahl
“ The little pig began to prayBut Wolfie blew his house away.He shouted, Bacon, Pork, and Ham!Oh what a lucky wolf I am!And though he ate the pig quite fast,He carefully kept the tail till last. Roald Dahl
“ Poor Earthworm,' the Ladybird said, whispering in James's ear. 'He loves to make everything into a disaster. He hates to be happy. He is only happy when he is gloomy. Roald Dahl