Matilda

Book · 5 characters · 254 quotes · 1988

Quotes from Matilda

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"If you have good thoughts, you will have good actions and good habits and good character and success in life"
Miss Honey Wisdom
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"I'm simply trying to make the world a bit better."
Matilda Wormwood
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"No child has ever been truly wicked."
Miss Honey Faith
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"There are no such things as miracles. There are only facts."
Agatha Trunchbull
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"I think we must be extremely clever to manage what we are attempting."
Matilda Wormwood Wisdom
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"It's nice to have an intellectual companion."
Miss Honey Friendship
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"The important thing is to have something to do and someone to love."
Miss Honey Wisdom
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"I am not going to stand here and be insulted by a little squirt."
Agatha Trunchbull
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"You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs."
Agatha Trunchbull
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"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."
Matilda Wormwood Creativity
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"Sometimes little miracles can happen if we really want them to."
Matilda Wormwood Hope
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"I think you've done something rather clever."
Miss Honey Wisdom
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"I think we ought to make our own magic."
Matilda Wormwood Imagination
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"You seem like a very brave little girl."
Miss Honey Courage
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Matilda Wormwood Humor
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"I have to do something about this ghastly girl."
Agatha Trunchbull
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"The quickest way out of a problem is through it."
Matilda Wormwood Courage
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"Even if I am wrong, it is wonderful to think the best of people."
Miss Honey Hope
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"I have something to say to you. I want to make you happy."
Matilda Wormwood Kindness
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"I'm afraid men are not always very noble creatures."
Miss Honey Truth
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"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog."
Agatha Trunchbull Courage
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"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will change your world."
Matilda Wormwood Wisdom
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"The weak must protect themselves"
Matilda Wormwood Justice
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"She possessed an incredible mind"
Matilda Wormwood
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"Education is not merely about marks"
Matilda Wormwood Wisdom
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"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"
Matilda Wormwood Hope
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"Kindness is the greatest gift"
Matilda Wormwood Kindness
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"She never gave up"
Matilda Wormwood Perseverance
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"Time is precious"
Matilda Wormwood Time
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"The truth must be told"
Matilda Wormwood Truth