Quotes
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 Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.
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.
I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.
The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone.
I'm wondering what to read next.
Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.
I always get the last word.
