Matilda Quotes

Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.

Even if you’re little, you can do a lot.

I’m wondering what to read next. I’ve finished all the children’s books.

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

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

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

I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

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.

If you are good, life is good.

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

Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind courageous people in her books.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.

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.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.

It’s not fair, my father’s a crook, my mother’s a crook, my brother’s a crook… I’m the only honest person in the family!

By then, of course, Matilda had lost all interest in the movie. Her mind was churning with more important matters.

Life is more fun if you play games.

Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.

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

If you are good, life is good.

Children are not bookish by nature.

Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind courageous people in her books.

It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.

You seemed so far away, Miss Honey whispered, awestruck.

My ideas come from a great source – my imagination.

You ignorant little slug.

I think I have heard it all. But this takes the cake.

That’s the trouble with you, you think you’re smart than everyone else.

Have a practice at moving it away with the power of your eyes.

Holy fudge!

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s something nobody knows about.

Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.

Life’s not fair, is it? You see, I, well, I shall never be king. And you… shall never see the light of another day.

Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.

If by life you were deceived, don’t be dismal, don’t be wild! In the day of grief, be calm and cold — like the morning sun in a Thaw’s silver load. Be cheerful, in heart, resort! Under your eyes — in shining sight — and poet’s visions — there lies a spring, a beautyful and sanguine spring. Forget the past, and squander not the moment. To a new life, new acquaintance, go! Today smile on someone, you don’t know. Don’t be spiteful, don’t be wrangling! Time sweeps care aside, only time is a jester, I’ll grant. Like a fervent chord to a singer — like a yawn of a. dream, like everything — for a while, with — a deft hand. Everything is jolly, everything’s funny (in all the world-wide stillness it’s upheld) — that there’s no unfunny fart in the world, no joy in the whole world without a help.

Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind courageous people in her books.

You can save a lot of time being rude.

Sometimes, there is no greater sorrow than the words left unsaid.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

Revolting children don’t stand a chance.

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

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.