A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
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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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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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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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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