There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
ROALD DAHLWe have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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 began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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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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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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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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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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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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