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

I doubt I would have written a line ... unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.

Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.

He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.

Obscurity is never a virtue.

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

If you are good life is good.