Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.

I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enough for a sensible child." It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever.

All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself

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

A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?