It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
ROALD DAHLIt’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
ROALD DAHLGive us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
ROALD DAHLSex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
ROALD DAHLThere is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
ROALD DAHLThe 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 DAHLAnd 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.
ROALD DAHLFairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
ROALD DAHLIt doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
ROALD DAHLSomewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
ROALD DAHLThe prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
ROALD DAHLBut it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
ROALD DAHLIf you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
ROALD DAHLI’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
ROALD DAHLDo you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
ROALD DAHLWhen you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
ROALD DAHLWe all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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