If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
ROALD DAHLRainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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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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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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Life is more fun if you play games.
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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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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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