Roald Dahl Quotes

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.

Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.

It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom.

I want to just be what kids believe in.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

If you lose wonder, you've lost everything.

I think hope and magic are probably connected.

Belief is a toxic and dangerous attitude toward reality. After all, if it's there it doesn't require your belief- and if it's not there why should you believe in it?

Nothing is to wonderful to be true.

There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. So maybe it was better to leave a few spots on the map blank. To let the world keep a little of its magic, rather than forcing it to divulge every last secret. Maybe it was better, now and then, to wonder.

There is inspiration all around us.