Please note that the image colours displayed on your monitor may differ slightly from the actual colours of the print. The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”― Roald Dahl, Matilda Tremendous things are in store for you! Wonderful surprises await you.” – Charlie and The Chocolate Factory When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants—and DESERVES—is a parent who is SPARKY!”– Roald Dahl

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”– Matilda Whipped cream isn’t whipped cream at all if it hasn’t been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn’t poached eggs unless it’s been stolen in the dead of the night.”– Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.” – Roald Dahl If I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.”– Roald Dahl Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.”– Roald Dahl When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.”– Roald Dahl

A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.”– Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.”– The TwitsI’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”– Matilda If I had my way, I would remove January from the calender altogether and have an extra July instead.” – Roald Dahl It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”– Matilda If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.”– Roald Dahl Quotes About Learning Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous anymore.”– Boy: Tales of Childhood