If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
ROALD DAHLThe greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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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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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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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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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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