Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
ROALD DAHLThe life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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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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I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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