It's Impossible To Make Your Eyes Twinkle

I Asked My Mum, Who's A Very Clever Psychotherapist, And She Says That Kids Love Stories About Death; They Need It, They Need To Have Stories That Deal With Death And Explain It, As A Place To Put Their Fears.

If You Are Going To Get Anywhere In Life You Have To Read A Lot Of Books.

You Mean You Live Down Here?' Matilda Asked. 'i Do', Miss Honey Replied, But She Said No More. 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.

Unless You Have Been To Boarding-school When You Are Very Young, It Is Absolutely Impossible To Appreciate The Delights Of Living At Home.

But It Is Impossible To Replace A Person One Has Loved To Distraction.