The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
ROALD DAHLThen 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!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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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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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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