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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.

Roald Dahl

When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Walk Writing
You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Book Difference Look
If you are good life is good.
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Goodness Life One Liner Positive
Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Essential One Liner Writing
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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Chance Grow Up Inspirational Work Hard
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
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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Absolute Compensation Excep Fools Freedom Master Person Soul Sure
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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Annoy Children Deliberate Grow Up Humour Understand
I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Book Care Finish Hate Reading Story
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk
Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Attitute Catch Chase Fast Inspirational
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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Comparison Freedom Imagination Life Pure True
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Choose Important Inspirational Power
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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Memories School Shoes Stair
I’m wondering what to read next.
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Book Learning Reading Wonder
No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Book Ending Friendship

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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