Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
ROALD DAHLBut 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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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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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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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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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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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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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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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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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