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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.

Roald Dahl

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason 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
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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Different Drain Fiction Leaving People Place Writing
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Accomplishment Book Children Help Important Reading Success
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Come Invention Pleasure Story Writing
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
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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Birthday Children Complicated Creature Grow Up Secret
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Fabulous Flight Journey Travel World
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Black Broker Coal Gold Ship
I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Come Dreams Imagination Inspirational True
I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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Advantage Book Comfortable Excitement Kids Learning Passion Reading
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Amazing Book Excitement Inspirational Introduction Live People Transport
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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Absolute Appreciation Delight Home Impossible School Young
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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English Mathematics Powerful Rule Simplicity Strict Truth

Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.

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