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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.

Roald Dahl

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
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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Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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Birthday Children Complicated Creature Grow Up Secret
Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
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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Disguise Humour Nose Practice Sex Watch Yourself
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Facility Speed Suspicious Writing
When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Walk Writing
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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Chance Grow Up Inspirational Work Hard
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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Inspirational One Liner Person Positive Ugly
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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Chocolate History Teacher
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Beginning Enthusiasm Important Life Realize
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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Book Children Writing
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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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
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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Delicious Food Juice Taste Wall
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
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
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Absolute Compensation Excep Fools Freedom Master Person Soul Sure
I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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Advice Comment Entrepreneur Ignorance Understand Value
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
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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Children Fairy Tale Laugh Scare
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Alcohol Need Room Writer
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Inspirational Perspiration Writing
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
A little magic can take you a long way.
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Business Inspirational Magic One Liner Patience Positive

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