ROALD DAHL SUNBEAMS QUOTE PRINT

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”

“Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!”

“As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.”

“I will not pretend I wasn’t petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in life scare us to death. They wouldn’t be exciting if they didn’t.”

“A little magic can take you a long way.”

“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.”

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

“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.”

“I’m afraid I don’t know any stories. I’m really only good at killing giants.”

“I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.”

“Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.” FABRIC WITH QUOTES

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.”

“The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.”

“Two rights don’t make a wrong, you know.”

“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.”

“Don’t gobblefunk around with words.”

“I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage, or bravery, or generosity, or anything else. . . Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.”

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.

“It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.”

“It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”

“The matter with human beans,” the BFG went on, “is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles.”

“If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.”