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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

Roald Dahl

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
I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Book Care Finish Hate Reading Story
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Accomplishment Book Children Help Important Reading Success
I’m wondering what to read next.
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Book Learning Reading Wonder
Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
A little magic can take you a long way.
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Business Inspirational Magic One Liner Patience Positive
The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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Children Inspirational Learning Look Risk Success
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
When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Walk Writing
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk
Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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Doctor Doubt Endurance Expectation Face Happiness Jump Night Pain Towel
If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Calender Extra Humour Remove
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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Attribution Brave Courage Generosity Human Kindness Thinking
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
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself

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