Children Quotes by Roald Dahl

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important

— Roald Dahl

I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.

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You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

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“A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY”

— Roald Dahl

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.

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

— Roald Dahl

“I don’t want a grown-up person at all. A grown-up won’t listen to me; he won’t learn.”

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“the world is a scary place for such a small child”

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I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children…

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“I, Willy Wonka, have decided to allow five children – just five, mind you, and no more – to visit my factory this year.”

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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it…

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I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what is it like to be a child between the ages of…

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All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a…

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The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born,…

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Its a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever…

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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at…

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I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting to children is to exaggerate all their good or bad…

— Roald Dahl

(Television) rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child…

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Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life...but 1932 the…

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When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary,…

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In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for…

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When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all…

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“There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said. ‘Do you think that all children’s books ought to have funny…

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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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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile, because it's impossible to make…

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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…

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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make…

— Roald Dahl

...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them…

— Roald Dahl

“The most important thing we've learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set…

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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.

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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it…

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Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable…

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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as…

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I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is…

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“I is a dreamblowing giant,” the BFG said. “(...) I is scuddling away to other places to blow dreams into the bedrooms…

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The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child…

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A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please…

— Roald Dahl

“A message To the children who have read this book. When you grow up and have children of your own, do please…

— Roald Dahl

“This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had…

— Roald Dahl