It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
ROALD DAHLTo shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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