All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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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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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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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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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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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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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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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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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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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