My Father Was A Norwegian

I've Always Said To Myself That If A Little Pocket Calculator Can Do It Why Shouldn't I?

All Norwegian Children Learn To Swim When They Are Very Young Because If You Can't Swim It Is Difficult To Find A Place To Bathe.

You Chose Books, I Chose Looks . Now See The Difference?

You Mean You Live Down Here?' Matilda Asked. 'i Do', Miss Honey Replied, But She Said No More. Matilda Had Never Once Stopped To Think About Where Miss Honey Might Be Living. She Had Always Regarded Her Purely As A Teacher, A Person Who Turned Up Out Of Nowhere And Taught At School And Then Went Away Again.

When You're Writing A Book, It's Rather Like Going On A Very Long Walk, Across Valleys And Mountains And Things [...] The Highest Mountain On The Walk Is Obviously The End Of The Book, Because It's Got To Be The Best View Of All, When Everything Comes Together And You Can Look Back And See That Everything You've Done All Ties Up. But It's A Very, Very Long, Slow Process.