Roald Dahl

“Good day, Sir.”

— Roald Dahl

“gorgeous chocolatey smell”

— Roald Dahl

Two rights don't equal a left.

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“A good plot is like a dream.”

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“let your love out”

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Obscurity is never a virtue.

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“Never grow up...always down.”

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

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“You chose books. I chose looks.”

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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.

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“Get up at once, you lazy little beast!”

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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.

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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.

— Roald Dahl

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

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You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.

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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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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

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“Anyone can ask questions,” said Mr. Wonka. “It’s the answers that count.”

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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

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Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!

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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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“Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds. My Prince! She thought. He chops off heads! How could I marry anyone Who does…

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“Everything and all of them were being rattled around like peas inside an enormous rattle that was being rattled by a mad…

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Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it…

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“It’s worse than that, William! It’s diabolical! Do you know what this means? It means that decent folk like you and me…

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“Oh, my sainted aunt! Don't mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of?…

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Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who is hundreds of years more…

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“We don't hold with book-reading," Mr. Wormwood said. "You can't make a living from sitting on your fanny and reading story-books.”

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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed…

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He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed…

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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the…

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“On this Thursday, on this particular walk to school, there was an old frog croaking in the stream behind the hedge as…

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“Then there was a hard brown lozenge called the Tonsil Tickler. The Tonsil Tickler tasted and smelled very strongly of chloroform. We…

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I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not,…

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“We used often to see a big one gliding across the dirt road ahead of the car, and the golden rule was…

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“There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's…

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“I’m afraid the camera got smashed against the side of the Space Hotel, Mr. President,” Shuckworth replied. The President said a very…

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