Alexis

“And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

“However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said.
‘Do you think that all children’s books ought to have funny bits in them?’ Miss Honey asked.
‘I do,’ Matilda said. ‘Children are not so serious as grown-ups and love to laugh.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

“What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda