Matilda

"She was a brilliant girl"

"It is impossible to say where talent comes from"

"Miss Honey was different from the rest"

"Books are magic"

"She had the power to do something about it"

"The headmistress was a formidable woman"

"A little bit of mathematics will make you wise"

"Matilda was left to her own devices"

"She had already read a great number of books in the public library"

"The parents looked at their daughter with a mixture of puzzlement and irritation"

"Books are a plane, and a train, and a road. They are a destination, and a journey"

"I'm made of sterner stuff than that"

"Intelligence combined with kindness is a powerful force"

"A young girl with a love of books can change her own destiny"