All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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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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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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