But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
ROALD DAHLIf the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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 greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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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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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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If you are good life is good.
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If you are good life is good.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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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 who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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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