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!
ROALD DAHLf I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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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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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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