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101 " dare she, he seemed to be saying with each rip of a page, how dare she enjoy reading books when he couldn’t? How dare she? ‘That’s a library book!’ Matilda cried. ‘It doesn’t belong to me! I have to return "
― Roald Dahl , Matilda
102 " She seemed to know that neither crying nor sulking ever got anyone anywhere. The only sensible thing to do when you’re attacked is, as Napoleon once said, to counter-attack. "
103 " Never do anything by halves if you wanna get away with it. "
104 " Je leek zo heel ver weg,' fluisterde juffrouw Engel diep onder de indruk.'O, dat was ik ook. Ik vloog langs de sterren met zilveren vleugels,' zei Matilda. 'Het was fantastisch. "