No Book Ever Ends, When It's Full

Give Us Strength, Oh Lord, To Let Our Children Starve.

And Above All, Watch With Glittering Eyes The Whole World Around You Because The Greatest Secrets Are Always Hidden In The Most Unlikely Places. Those Who Don't Believe In Magic Will Never Find It.

So Matilda’s Strong Young Mind Continued To Grow, Nurtured By The Voices Of All Those Authors Who Had Sent Their Books Out Into The World Like Ships On The Sea. These Books Gave Matilda A Hopeful And Comforting Message: You Are Not Alone.

I Never Get Any Protests From Children. All You Get Are Giggles Of Mirth And Squirms Of Delight. I Know What Children Like.

All Through My School Life I Was Appalled By The Fact That Masters And Senior Boys Were Allowed Quite Literally To Wound Other Boys, And Sometimes Very Severely.