510 Quotes by Roald Dahl

She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.

The rooster has a funny little paper hat over its head, like an ice-cream cone upside down, and my dad is pointing to it proudly and saying, ‘Stroke him. Go on, stroke him. Do anything you like to him. He won’t move an inch.’ The rooster starts scratching.

You chose books, I chose looks. Now see the difference?

A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.

The romance, alas, waned and withered but the quiche lived on.

If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

Their skin hung loose over their bodies like suits they had inherited from larger ancestors, with the trousers ridiculously baggy.

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.