The Witches Quotes

“It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don't let that put you off. It could be part of cleverness.

I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But—here comes the big "but"—not impossible.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?"
"I don't mind at all" I said.
It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Mice, I felt pretty certain, all like each other. People don't.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“You are still yourself in everything except your appearance. You've still got your own mind and your own brain and your own voice, and thank goodness for that.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“How long does a mouse live?"

"Ah," she said. "I've been waiting for you to ask me that."

There was a silence. She sat there smoking away and gazing at the fire.

"Well," I said. "How long do we live, us mice?"

"I have been reading about mice," she said. "I have been trying to find out everything I can about them."

"Go on then, Grandmamma. Why don't you tell me?"

"If you really want to know," she said, "I'm afraid a mouse doesn't live for a very long time."

"How long?" I asked.

"Well, an ordinary mouse only lives for about three years," she said. "But you are not an ordinary mouse. You are a mouse-person, and that is a very different matter."

"How different?" I asked. "How long does a mouse-person live, Grandmamma?"

"Longer," she said. "Much longer."

"A mouse-person will almost certainly live for three times as long as an ordinary mouse," my grandmother said. "About nine years."

"Good!" I cried. "That's great! It's the best news I've ever had!"

"Why do you say that?" she asked, surprised.

"Because I would never want to live longer than you," I said. "I couldn't stand being looked after by anybody else."

There was a short silence. She had a way of fondling me behind the ears with the tip of one finger. It felt lovely.

"How old are you, Grandmamma?" I asked.

"I'm eighty-six," she said.

"Will you live another eight or nine years?"

"I might," she said. "With a bit of luck."

"You've got to," I said. "Because by then I'll be a very old mouse and you'll be a very old grandmother and soon after that we'll both die together."

"That would be perfect," she said.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“An idiotic vitch like you
Must rrroast upon the barbecue!”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Aren't I going back to England?"

"No," she said. "I Could never do that. Heaven shall take my soul, but Norway shall keep my bones".”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Down vith children! Do them in!
Boil their bones and fry their skin!
Bish them, sqvish them, bash them, mash them!
Brrreak them, shake them, slash them, smash them!
Offer chocs vith magic powder!
Say “Eat up!” then say it louder.
Crrram them full of sticky eats,
Send them home still guzzling sveets.
And in the morning little fools
Go marching off to separate schools.
A girl feels sick and goes all pale.
She yells, “Hey look! I've grrrown a tail!”
A boy who's standing next to her
Screams, “Help! I think I'm grrrowing fur!”
Another shouts, “Vee look like frrreaks!
There's viskers growing on our cheeks!”
A boy who vos extremely tall
Cries out, “Vot's wrong? I'm grrrowing small!”
Four tiny legs begin to sprrrout
From everybody rrround about.
And all at vunce, all in a trrrice,
There are no children! Only MICE!”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. The most important thing you should know about REAL WITCHES is this. Listen very carefully. Never forget what is coming next.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Children should never have baths,’ my grandmother said. ‘It's a dangerous
habit.’
‘I agree, Grandmamma.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“She sat there majestic in her armchair, filling every inch of it. Not even a mouse could have squeezed in to sit beside her.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“- I am a mouse! You wait till my father hears about this!
- He may think it's an improvement.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ORDINARY JOBS.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Da igual quién seas o qué aspecto tengas mientras alguien te quiera.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“My grandmother was the only grandmother I ever met who smoked cigars.”
― Roald Dahl , The Witches

“mouse-trrraps”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“I knew immediately, of course, that this was none other than The Grand High Witch herself. I knew also why she had worn a mask. She could never have moved around in public, let alone book in at a hotel, with her real face. Everyone who saw her would have run away screaming”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“A witch is always a woman. I do not wish to speak badly about women. Most women are lovely. But the fact remains that all witches are women. There is no such thing as a male witch."
(My own thoughts: I love women and I love witches)”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“A REAL WITCH gets the same pleasure from
squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“RSPCC MEETING STRICTLY PRIVATE
THIS ROOM IS RESERVED
FOR THE
ANNUAL MEETING
OF
THE ROYAL SOCIETY
FOR THE PREVENTION
OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“a REAL WITCH is certain always to be wearing gloves when you meet her.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Няма значение кой си и как изглеждаш, ако има някой, който да те обича истински.”
― Роалд Дал, The Witches

“her mind will always be plotting and scheming and churning and burning and whizzing and phizzing with murderous bloodthirsty thoughts.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches