"A finished person is a boring person. "
— Anna Quindlen

"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."
— Evelyn Waugh

"I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets whizzed past, was to accept the dangers and all the consequences as calmly as possible. Fretting and sweating about it all was not going to help."
— Roald Dahl (Going Solo)

"We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it."
— Roald Dahl

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."
— Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

"You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of. "
— Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

"We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine."
— Roald Dahl (Boy: Tales of Childhood)

"I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
-Grandpa Joe"
— Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

"I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
"
— Agatha Trunchbull ( Roald Dahl's Matilda)

"A little magic can take you a long way."
— Roald Dahl- James and the Giant Peach (James and the Giant Peach)

"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."
— Roald Dahl