It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
ROALD DAHLA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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If you are good life is good.
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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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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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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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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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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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