“ You must remember that there was virtually no air travel in the early 1930s. Africa was two weeks away from England by boat and it took you about five weeks to get to China. These were distant and mag… Roald Dahl
“ Yesterday, he said, we was not believing in giants, was we? Today we is not believing in snozzcumbers. Just because we happen not to have actually seen something with our own two little winkles, we th… Roald Dahl
“ When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. Roald Dahl
“ There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming d… Roald Dahl
“ The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out fr… Roald Dahl
“ The matter with human beans, the BFG went on, is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles. Roald Dahl
“ She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don't… Roald Dahl
“ On this Thursday, on this particular walk to school, there was an old frog croaking in the stream behind the hedge as we went by.'Can you hear him, Danny?''Yes,' I said,'That is a bullfrog calling to… Roald Dahl
“ Matilda said, Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable... Roald Dahl
“ I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They would… Roald Dahl
“ A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face… Roald Dahl
“ Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right. Roald Dahl
“ It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money. Roald Dahl
“ Is it ever occurring to you that a human bean who is fifty is spending about twenty years sleeping fast? Roald Dahl
“ I, Willy Wonka, have decided to allow five children – just five, mind you, and no more – to visit my factory this year. Roald Dahl
“ I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it. Roald Dahl
“ I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice. Roald Dahl
