The bookiest Roald Dahl quotes of all time
Roald Dahl’s stories are packed with brilliantly booky quotes. This World Book Day we've rounded up our very favourites...
We think these wise words from Mrs Phelps (the helpful librarian from Matilda) truly capture the spirit of sharing stories. It doesn't matter if you can't understand every single word, as long as you're enjoying the experience.
Like The BFG we love learning new words, even if they are made up! For example, 'scrumdiddlyumptious': an adjective used to describe a food that is utterly delicious... or 'repulsant': something disgusting and vile - like slimy snozzcumbers!
We're with James' friends on this one - we want to hear our favourite story again and again and again. (And maybe just once more after that.)
We wonder where you might go and who you might meet today, dear reader.
Miss Honey asking a question that we always love to hear (and always love to ask!).
An all-important follow up to Miss Honey's question above. We think, perhaps, we might like to hear an adventure involving pheasants today...
Like Grandma's tales about witches, sometimes the scariest stories are based on things that are absolutely, categorically real.
In the pages of a good book you might see through the eyes of a witch-hunting mouse-boy, or a ladderless window cleaner, or even an incredible inventor of chocolate treats.
Whether your favourite friends are a strange trio of window washers or any of the other friendly faces from Roald Dahl’s stories, you can always visit them by simply opening a book.