Quotes for the daily grind

On daydreaming
“You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.”
- Matilda

On keeping things fun
“Never grow up...always down.”
- George's Marvellous Medicine

On the value of fresh food
“Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

On bad weather
“There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes; and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.”
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

On misunderstandings
“Don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”
- Matilda

On going against rules and restrictions
“Quite simply, he was going to put in EVERYTHING.”
- George's Marvellous Medicine

On keeping an open mind
“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.”
- The BFG

The greatest wisdom from Roald Dahl books for all moments in grown-up life