But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
ROALD DAHLWhat a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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If you are good life is good.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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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.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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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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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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