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.
ROALD DAHLCandy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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If you are good life is good.
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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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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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