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.
ROALD DAHLThose who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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!
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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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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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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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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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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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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