I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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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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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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 have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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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.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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If you are good life is good.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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The 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.
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