“ Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.My Prince! She thought. He chops off heads!How could I marry anyoneWho does that sort of thing for fun?The Prince cried, Who's this dirty slut?Off with her nut! O… Roald Dahl
“ Perhaps his anger was intensified because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach. Roald Dahl
“ Oh, my sainted aunt! Don't mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners… Roald Dahl
“ Oh, books, what books they used to know, Those children living long ago! So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wa… Roald Dahl
“ Mr Willy Wonka can make marshmallows that taste of violets, and rich caramels that change colour every ten seconds as you suck them, and little feathery sweets that melt away deliciously the moment yo… Roald Dahl
“ Mr Hemingway says a lot of things I don’t understand, Matilda said to her. 'Especially about men and women. But I loved it all the same. The way he tells it I feel I am right there on the spot watchin… Roald Dahl
“ I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I? Roald Dahl
“ I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite so merry and smiling a girl as I had been led to believe at first. She seemed… Roald Dahl
“ I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.'Sophie took the book out… Roald Dahl
“ I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the courage. Any courage I had was knocked out of me when I was young. But now, all… Roald Dahl
“ Here it is,' Nigel said.Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.'How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married? Roald Dahl
“ He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took… Roald Dahl
“ Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface. Roald Dahl
“ Do you wonder then that this man’s behaviour used to puzzle me tremendously? He was an ordinary clergyman at that time as well as being Headmaster, and I would sit in the dim light of the school chape… Roald Dahl
“ Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master. Here was somebody who had brought the art of skulduggery to th… Roald Dahl
“ And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music. Roald Dahl
“ All you do is to look / At a page in this book / Because that's where we always will be. / No book ever ends / When it's full of your friends / The Giraffe and the Pelly and me. Roald Dahl
“ All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating pe… Roald Dahl
“ A message To the children who have read this book. When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important. A stodgy parent is no fun at all! What a child wants -and DES… Roald Dahl
“ The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. The writer has to force himself to work He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobod… Roald Dahl
