We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHLTwo rights don’t equal a left.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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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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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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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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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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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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