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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. (Roald Dahl)
You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue! View quote
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. View quote
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The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved. View quote
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books. View quote
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Obscurity is never a virtue. View quote
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It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible. View quote
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... and when he put his mind to it, he could make his words coil themselves around and around the listener until they held her in some sort of a mild hypnotic spell. View quote
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Ah, but they is not killing their own kind," the BFG said. "Human beans is the only animals that is killing their own kind. View quote
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Dreams is very mystical things," the BFG said. "Human beans is not understanding them at all. Not even their brainiest professors is understanding them. View quote
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Little Billy's mother was always telling him exactly what he was allowed to do and what he was not allowed to do. All the things he was allowed to do were boring. All the things he was not allowed to do were exciting. One of the things he NEVER NEVER was allowed to do, the most exciting of them all, was to go out through the garden gate all by himself and explore the world beyond. (Roald Dahl)
It was all this, I think, that made me begin to have doubts about religion and even about God. If this person, I kept telling myself, was one of God's chosen salesmen on earth, then there must be something very wrong about the whole business. View quote
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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 place to bathe. View quote
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home. View quote
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold. View quote
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. View quote
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Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. View quote
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When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green. View quote
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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife. View quote
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All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely. View quote
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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. (Roald Dahl)
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English. View quote
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When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. View quote
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The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort. View quote
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I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt. View quote
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