Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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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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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around 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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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