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.
ROALD DAHLCandy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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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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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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