Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.

Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!

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

You mean you live down here?' Matilda asked. 'I do', Miss Honey replied, but she said no more. Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again.

Poor Earthworm,' the Ladybird said, whispering in James's ear. 'He loves to make everything into a disaster. He hates to be happy. He is only happy when he is gloomy.