I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.

Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.

What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!

A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

A little magic can take you a long way.

A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.