I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
ROALD DAHLRainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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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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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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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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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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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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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