Roald Dahl quotes - page 3

When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you're an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you. (Roald Dahl)
Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast. View quote
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You know, I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much. View quote
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall. View quote
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage. View quote
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So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone. View quote
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I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books. View quote
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A little magic can take you a long way. View quote
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If you are good life is good. View quote
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine. View quote
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world. (Roald Dahl)
There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met... View quote
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. View quote
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Here it is,' Nigel said. Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.' How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married? View quote
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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. View quote
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it. View quote
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I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca. View quote
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Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever. View quote
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What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly. View quote
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. View quote
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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. (Roald Dahl)
Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. View quote
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A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans? View quote
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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 quite enough for a sensible child." It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever. View quote
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. View quote
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