I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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.
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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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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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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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