“A message To the children who have read this book. When you grow up and have children of your own, do please… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long... — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Its a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“And these two very old people are the father and mother of Mrs Bucket. Their names are Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina.… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY” — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“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 flowing Is… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
