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'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of. — Roald Dahl

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like. — Roald Dahl

it is like choosing from a menu. — Roald Dahl

democratic theory is concerned with processes by which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over leaders; — Robert A. Dahl

If you can think of anything more terrifying than that happening to you in the middle of the night, then let's hear about it. — Roald Dahl

I always thought that a veruca was a sort of wart that you got on the sole of your foot! — Roald Dahl

The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. — Roald Dahl

Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so. — Roald Dahl

The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. — Robert A. Dahl

Everything and all of them were being rattled around like peas inside an enormous rattle that was being rattled by a mad giant who refused to stop. — Roald Dahl

Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long ... — Roald Dahl

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

It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money. — Roald Dahl

You should be able to make a scene come alive in the reader's mind. Not everybody has this ability. It is a gift, and you either have it or you don't. — Roald Dahl

Despite the man's intimidating mountain-man looks, Wallace dated men, women and some people who seemed to skate between genders. — Victoria Dahl

Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface. — Roald Dahl

There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!
-Harry Wormwood — Roald Dahl

Don't be maudlin. You're a librarian, for God's sake. Toughen up. — Victoria Dahl

Children should never have baths,' my grandmother said. 'It's a dangerous
habit.'
'I agree, Grandmamma. — Roald Dahl

What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone's grandmother gone wrong! — Roald Dahl

Your daughter's a cheat and a liar, the father said, — Roald Dahl

Follow me down, Alice Faye Dahl. I know the way. — Elle Lothlorien

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by. — Roald Dahl

I cannot be helping it if I sometimes is saying things a little squiggly. I — Roald Dahl

For whipping cream, of course. How can you whip cream without whips? — Roald Dahl

A little magic can take you a long way. — Roald Dahl

I like enthusiasts of any kind. — Roald Dahl

The teeth of the dreadly viper is still sticking into me!' he yelled. 'I is feeling the teeth sticking into my anklet! — Roald Dahl

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do. — Roald Dahl

I wouldn't yell 'fire' at that slimeball if his ass was in flames. — Victoria Dahl

I think he could handle being used. It would be good for him. He's having trouble sleeping. — Victoria Dahl

It is almost worth going away because it's so lovely coming back. — Roald Dahl

There's more food in one bottle of beer, me lad, than twenty sandwiches. — Roald Dahl

Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous ... — Roald Dahl

Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!
The great big greedy nincompoop! — Roald Dahl

There's three of them in nightshirts! Two old women and one — Roald Dahl

No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends. — Roald Dahl

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself — Roald Dahl

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners! — Roald Dahl

that happening to you in the middle of the night, then let's hear about it. The — Roald Dahl

If she's a lady, I'm a vernicious knid. (Eddie Albert in Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory) — Roald Dahl

*Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them.
*No book ever ends when it's full of friends. — Roald Dahl

When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk — Roald Dahl

If you go back to, say, the Brothers Grimm or Roald Dahl, you see so much darkness in children's material. — Evangeline Lilly

Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud. 'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said. 'By who?' Sophie said. — Roald Dahl

You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out. — Victoria Dahl

I go down to my little hut, where it's tight and dark and warm, and within minutes I can go back to being six or seven or eight again. — Roald Dahl

I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it. — Roald Dahl

Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast. — Roald Dahl

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible. — Roald Dahl

Don't argue, my dear child, please don't argue!" cried Mr. Wonka. "It's such a waste of precious time! — Roald Dahl

- I am a mouse! You wait till my father hears about this!
- He may think it's an improvement. — Roald Dahl

Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it. — Roald Dahl

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

But where, you might ask, is this book that the BFG wrote? It's right here. You've just finished reading it. — Roald Dahl

Anyone can ask questions," said Mr. Wonka. "It's the answers that count. — Roald Dahl

What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her. — Roald Dahl

The Alexander Technique works ... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain. — Roald Dahl

Hey!' Bruno called out 'Give me the rest of that banana I was eating. — Roald Dahl

let your love out — Roald Dahl

Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves. — Roald Dahl

With enthusiasm anything is possible, — Arlene Dahl

The snozberries taste like snozberries! — Roald Dahl

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. — Roald Dahl

You can't get a bad picture out of Bacall. There's nothing eccentric about her. She's perfect all over and yet she looks like nobody else. — Louise Dahl-Wolfe

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'. — Dave Eggers

Too much rouge is a sign of despair. — Arlene Dahl

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world. — Roald Dahl

There are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far. — Roald Dahl

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, Just as long as he finishes the book. — Roald Dahl

The President sucked in his breath sharply. He also sucked in a big fly that happened to be passing at the time. He choked. — Roald Dahl

I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca. — Roald Dahl

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

I can see you is not born last week. — Roald Dahl

Dear Lord,' I whisper, 'Our Father in Heaven, I thank Thee. I thank Thee. — Borghild Dahl

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

The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone." -Matilda — Roald Dahl

We've got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book! You're getting spoiled, my girl! — Roald Dahl

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

She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't. — Roald Dahl

If it's by an American it's certain to be filth. That's all they write about. — Roald Dahl

Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete. — Robert A. Dahl

A bad girl is a far more dangerous thing than a bad boy. — Roald Dahl

If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important. — Roald Dahl

Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful. — Roald Dahl

Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker. — Roald Dahl

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

Mice, I felt pretty certain, all like each other. People don't. — Roald Dahl

A newt, she decided, was a useful thing to have around. — Roald Dahl

Eschew all those beastly adjectives ... — Roald Dahl

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration. — Roald Dahl

Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without panties on, it was all over. — Victoria Dahl

Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it. — Roald Dahl

I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. — Nnedi Okorafor

We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream. — Roald Dahl

What sort of a book would you like to read next? she asked. — Roald Dahl

as much as the next man, — Roald Dahl

I has told you five or six times,' he said, 'and the third will be the last. — Roald Dahl

I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams! — Roald Dahl

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you. — Roald Dahl