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 DAHLIf you are good life is good.
ROALD DAHLThere is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
ROALD DAHLf I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
ROALD DAHLPerhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
ROALD DAHLGrown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
ROALD DAHLI cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
ROALD DAHLIf you are good life is good.
ROALD DAHLAnd don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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 DAHLIt is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
ROALD DAHLThe 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.
ROALD DAHLTwo hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
ROALD DAHLCandy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
ROALD DAHLWe are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
ROALD DAHLTwo rights don’t equal a left.
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