510 Quotes by Roald Dahl

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! Off with her nut!

The picture showed a nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump.

What sort of a book would you like to read next?" she asked.

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

I think it’s rotten that those foul giants should go off every night to eat humans. Humans have never done them any harm.’ ‘That is what the little piggy-wig is saying every day,’ the BFG answered. ‘He is saying, “I has never done any harm to the human bean so why should he be eating me?”’ ‘Oh dear,’ Sophie said. ‘The human beans is making rules to suit themselves,’ the BFG went on. ‘But the rules they is making do not suit the little piggywiggies. Am I right or left?’ ‘Right,’ Sophie said.

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

Thank goodness we don'y meet many people like [Miss Trunchbull] in this world, although they do exist and all of us are likely to come across at least one of them in a lifetime. If you ever do, you should behave as you would if you met an enraged rhinoceros out in the bush--climb up the nearest tree and stay there until it has gone away.

What did she do to you?" Matilda asked."I don't want to talk about it," Miss Honey said. "It's too horrible.""But surely you could have complained to somebody?" Matilda said."To whom?" Miss Honey said. "And anyway, I was far too terrified to complain. I told you, I was her slave.""Did she beat you?""Let's not go into details," Miss Honey said.

Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.