A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
ROALD DAHLI doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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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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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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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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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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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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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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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