“I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?”

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

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

“I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”

“I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.'Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud.'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said.”

“I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.”

“A little magic can take you a long way.”