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.
ROALD DAHLA life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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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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If you are good life is good.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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