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Quotes About Curiosity

There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't even started wondering about yet.
~ Roald Dahl
Dreams is full of mystery and magic . . . . Do not try to understand them.
~ Roald Dahl
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it
~ Roald Dahl
Sometimes, on a very clear night,' the BFG said, 'and if I is swiggling my ears in the right direction' – and here he swivelled his great ears upwards so they were facing the ceiling – 'if I is swiggling them like this and the night is very clear, I is sometimes hearing faraway music coming from the stars in the sky.' A queer little shiver passed through Sophie's body. She sat very quiet, waiting for more.
~ Roald Dahl
She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.
~ Roald Dahl
Never grow up...always down.
~ Roald Dahl
This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had read every single children's book in the place, she started wandering round in search of something else.
~ Roald Dahl
We are now about to visit the most marvelous places and see the most wonderful things!
~ Roald Dahl
Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud. 'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said. 'By who?' Sophie said.
~ Roald Dahl
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.
~ Roald Dahl
Anyone can ask questions," said Mr. Wonka. "It's the answers that count.
~ Roald Dahl
George didn't say a word. He felt quite trembly. He knew something tremendous had taken place that morning. For a few brief moments he had touched with the very tips of his fingers the edge of a magic world.
~ Roald Dahl
Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again. Do any of us children, she wondered, ever stop to ask ourselves where our teachers go when school is over for the day? Do we wonder if they live alone, or if there is a mother at home or a sister or a husband?
~ Roald Dahl
By sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth, he was always able to find a tasty morsel here and there to nibble on.
~ Roald Dahl
THEY . . . USED . . . TO . . . READ! They'd READ and READ, AND READ and READ, and then proceed To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
~ Roald Dahl
And Matilda found, to her surprise, that life could be fun. She decided to have as much fun as possible. After all, she was a very smart kid.
~ Roald Dahl
Never get out of bed, never go to the window, and never look behind the curtain.
~ Roald Dahl
Then they would roll these handfuls of cloud in their fingers until they turned into what looked like large white marbles. Then they would toss the marbles to one side and quickly grab more bits of cloud and start over again.
~ Roald Dahl
What sort of a book would you like to read next? she asked.
~ Roald Dahl
E soprattutto, guarda con occhi scintillanti tutto il mondo intorno a te perché i segreti più grandi sono sempre nascosti nei luoghi più improbabili. Chi non crede nella magia non la troverà mai».
~ Roald Dahl
I'm sorry, I said. It's none of my business what you do. The trouble is, I'm a writer, and most writers are terrible nosey parkers.
~ Roald Dahl
Twice a day, on his way to and from school, little Charlie Bucket had to walk right past the gates of the factory. And every time he went by, he would begin to walk very, very slowly, and he would hold his nose high in the air and take long deep sniffs of the gorgeous chocolatey smell all around him. Oh
~ Roald Dahl
There's three of them in nightshirts! Two old women and one
~ Roald Dahl
The trouble is, I'm writer, and most writers are terrible nosey parkers.
~ Roald Dahl