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!
ROALD DAHLIt doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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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 found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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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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