The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
Roald DahlRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining calm and acceptance in the face of danger and adversity.
In this quote, Roald Dahl reflects on the necessity of confronting perilous situations with composure and acceptance rather than succumbing to fear and anxiety. By acknowledging the reality of danger and embracing it calmly, one can navigate through challenges more effectively, suggesting that worry only serves to exacerbate stress without providing solutions.
Themes
CalmCourageAcceptanceDangerAdversity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about overcoming fear, this quote can inspire listeners to face their challenges with bravery.
More from Roald Dahl
All quotes →Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.
Roald DahlRead
I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.
Roald DahlRead
By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.
Roald DahlRead
You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.
Roald DahlRead
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Roald DahlRead
Similar quotes
There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.
Elizabeth IRead
The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.
Katharine GrahamRead
We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. We've come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself.
John LewisRead
There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.
Prince HarryRead
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.
Niccolo MachiavelliRead