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!
ROALD DAHLf I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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If you are good life is good.
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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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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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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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