Matilda

"If you have good thoughts, you will have good actions and good habits and good character and success in life"

"I'm simply trying to make the world a bit better."

"No child has ever been truly wicked."

"There are no such things as miracles. There are only facts."

"I think we must be extremely clever to manage what we are attempting."

"It's nice to have an intellectual companion."

"The important thing is to have something to do and someone to love."

"I am not going to stand here and be insulted by a little squirt."

"You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs."

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

"Sometimes little miracles can happen if we really want them to."

"I think you've done something rather clever."

"I think we ought to make our own magic."

"You seem like a very brave little girl."

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."

"I have to do something about this ghastly girl."

"The quickest way out of a problem is through it."

"Even if I am wrong, it is wonderful to think the best of people."

"I have something to say to you. I want to make you happy."

"I'm afraid men are not always very noble creatures."

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

"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will change your world."

"The weak must protect themselves"

"She possessed an incredible mind"

"Education is not merely about marks"

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"

"Kindness is the greatest gift"

"She never gave up"

"Time is precious"

"The truth must be told"