What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
ROALD DAHLWhat a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
ROALD DAHLI am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
ROALD DAHLWe have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHLRainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
ROALD DAHLIf the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
ROALD DAHLYou chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
ROALD DAHLA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
ROALD DAHLWhen you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
ROALD DAHLDon’t gobblefunk around with words.
ROALD DAHLWhen 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.
ROALD DAHLf I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
ROALD DAHLCandy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
ROALD DAHLHaving power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
ROALD DAHLA 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 DAHLCareful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
ROALD DAHLA 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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