21 Insightful quotes from Roald Dahl books



1. “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.”
—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


2. “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

—The Minpins

3. “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth 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.”

—The Twits

4. “Don’t gobblefunk around with words.”

—The BFG
5. “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…”

—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

6. “Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.”

—Matilda

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

—The Witches

8. “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”


—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

9. “Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”

10. “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.”

—Matilda

11. “I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.”

—Fantastic Mr Fox

12. “I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”

—My Uncle Oswald

13. “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.'”


—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

14. “‘We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!’”

—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

15. “The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.”

—The BFG
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16. “You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.”

—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

17. “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”

—Matilda

18. “I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I’ve also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It’s sure to be a phony.”

―Danny the Champion of the World


19. “If you are good, life is good.”

—Matilda

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

21. “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.”

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