The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

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

The snozberries taste like snozberries!

...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?" "I don't mind at all" I said. It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.

There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes; and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.