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.
ROALD DAHLA life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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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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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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