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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

Roald Dahl

Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Attitute Catch Chase Fast Inspirational
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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Absolute Compensation Excep Fools Freedom Master Person Soul Sure
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Business Inspirational Reverse Strike Time Work Hard
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Book Children Writing
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Book Business Greatness Hide Place Secret
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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Alcohol Candy Humour One Liner Quick
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Book Difference Look
I 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.
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Annoy Children Deliberate Grow Up Humour Understand
I’m wondering what to read next.
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Book Learning Reading Wonder
Obscurity is never a virtue.
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One Liner Virtue Vulger
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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Breakfast Food Humour Pencil
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Start Wonder World
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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Chance Grow Up Inspirational Work Hard
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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Children Humour Murder Myself Old Possible
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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Greatmess Incident Life Number

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

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