I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

...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.

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants

We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.

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 BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!