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 DAHLMe is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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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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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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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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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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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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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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