Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
ROALD DAHLDo you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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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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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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