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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

If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Calender Extra Humour Remove
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk
An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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Biography Book Bore Detail Humour Life Person
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
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
lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Funny Humour
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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Book Business Entrepreneur Inspirational Life Success
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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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
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
When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Walk Writing
I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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Mind Tragedy Twist Writer Writing
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Performance Prefer Punishment Task
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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Absorb Beautiful Book Children Excitement Fall In Love Function Funny Prime
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Couple Love Matter
I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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Children Humour Murder Myself Old Possible
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Book Business Greatness Hide Place Secret

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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