It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile, because it's impossible to make… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. — Roald Dahl Copy Share
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
“There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
“When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. — Roald Dahl Copy Share
The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
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… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl Copy Share
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those… — Roald Dahl Copy Share
“We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!” — Roald Dahl Copy Share
