It’s Roald Dahl Day today – to mark what would have been his 100th birthday – and people of all ages are celebrating the life and works of one of the world’s most beloved authors.
His books weren’t just full of wonderful and interesting stories – they taught life lessons, which stayed with many long after they read them.
Here just some of the most whizz-poppingly brilliant quotes by Roald Dahl:
1) “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – The Twits
2) “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” – The Witches
3) “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” – Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
4) “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikley of places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – The Minpins
5) “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray Go throw your TV set away And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall…” – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
6) “Don’t gobblefunk around with words.” – The BFG
7) “All you do is to look/ at a page in this book/ because that’s where we always will be. No book ever ends/ when it’s full of your friends”. – The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
8) “You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I’ve also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It’s sure to be a phony.” -Danny the Champion of the World
