So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.
Roald DahlAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: british
- Born: September 13, 1916
- Died: November 25, 1990
Related Authors
Topics
Quotes currently Trending
![Charles Keating quote: "The Emmy will have no effect on me, from the standpoint that..."](/pic/44059/600x316/quotation-charles-keating-the-emmy-will-have-no-effect-on-me-from-the.jpg)
![Charles Spurgeon quote: "Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for..."](/pic/393782/600x316/quotation-charles-spurgeon-do-not-commit-spiritual-suicide-through-a.jpg)
![Eli Wallach quote: "Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's..."](/pic/118856/600x316/quotation-eli-wallach-everyone-thinks-acting-is-easy-its-far-from-easy.jpg)
![Alfred Adler quote: "The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to..."](/pic/1698/600x316/quotation-alfred-adler-the-test-of-ones-behavior-pattern-is-their.jpg)
![James Allen quote: "The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are..."](/pic/256758/600x316/quotation-james-allen-the-circumstances-which-a-man-encounters-with.jpg)
But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and closets and woods and abysses that we were told not go in to. When we have gone in and looked around for a long while, just breathing and finally taking it in – then we will be able to speak in our own voice and to stay in the present...
Anne Lamott