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.
ROALD DAHLRainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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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 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.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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 little magic can take you a long way.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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