Mara Wilson Movie Quotes & Lines – 15 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Feb 17, 2026

Find and rate the best quotes by Mara Wilson, selected from famous or less known movies, as rated by our community, featuring short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 You like to read? -Oh, yes, I love to read. -What do you like to read? -Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens.

As Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

2 No more Miss Nice Girl.

As Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

3 Dearest pie, how old is Matilda? -Four. -I'm six and a half, Mommy. -Five, then. -I was six in August. -You're a liar.

As Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

4 Daddy, that's cheating. -Of course it's cheating. Nobody ever got rich being honest.

As Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

5 Daddy, you're a crook. -What? -This is illegal.

As Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

6 No, but don't people need good cars? Can't you sell good cars, Dad?

As Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

7 What is this trash you're reading? -It's not trash, Daddy, it's lovely. It's called Moby _, by Herman Melville. -Moby what?

As Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

8 I thought grownups weren't afraid of anything. -Quite the contrary. All grownups get scared, just like children.

As Miss Honey in Matilda (1996)

9 Did you know the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of 650 times a minute? -My, where'd you learn that? -In a book. -It beats so fast it doesn't sound like it's beating at all. It sounds like it is humming. A porcupine's heart beats 300 times a minute.

As Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

10 Six and a half. -You're four. -Six and a half. -If you were six and a half, you'd be in school already.

As Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)