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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.

Roald Dahl

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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Come Demand Fear Fiction Ideas Writer
Life is more fun if you play games.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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Desk Force Himself Scold Writing
You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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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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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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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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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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