If you are good life is good.
ROALD DAHLWe all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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 am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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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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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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