Roald Dahl: Trending quotes

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

“It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.”

Roald Dahl book The Witches

"The Heart of a Mouse"
Source: The Witches (1983)

“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 like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

Roald Dahl book The Twits

Source: The Twits

“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 wall.”

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”

Variant: 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 wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl book The Minpins

The Minpins (1991)

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”

“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.”

“I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.”

Source: Matilda

“Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.”

Source: Matilda

“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.”

Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.”

Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”

“A little magic can take you a long way.”

Source: Matilda

“You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck.

"Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.”

“If you are good life is good.”

Source: Matilda

“Life is more fun if you play games.”

Source: Matilda

Roald Dahl book My Uncle Oswald

Source: My Uncle Oswald

“We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.”

Roald Dahl book Boy

Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood

“I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
-Grandpa Joe”