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

Roald Dahl

The 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.
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Delicious Food Juice Taste Wall
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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Believe Fellow Fortunate Myself Positive Time
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
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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Away Beg Book Place Television Throw Wall
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Performance Prefer Punishment Task
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Fabulous Flight Journey Travel World
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Absolute Appreciation Delight Home Impossible School Young
I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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Humour Right Wrong
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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Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Humour Intend Invention Lord Walk
I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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Advantage Book Comfortable Excitement Kids Learning Passion Reading
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Facility Speed Suspicious Writing
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Black Broker Coal Gold Ship

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

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