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Roald Dahl quotes: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Roald Dahl quotes: Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever. Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
Roald Dahl quotes: it is like choosing from a menu. it is like choosing from a menu.
Roald Dahl quotes: A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones. A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
Roald Dahl quotes: We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning. We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.
Roald Dahl quotes: 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. 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 quotes: There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards. There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards.
Roald Dahl quotes: You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour. You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.
Roald Dahl quotes: I always thought that a veruca was a sort of wart that you got on the sole of your foot! I always thought that a veruca was a sort of wart that you got on the sole of your foot!
Roald Dahl quotes: Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone?She'd found it easy, being prettyTo hitch a ride into the city. Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone?
She'd found it easy, being pretty
To hitch a ride into the city.
Roald Dahl quotes: The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Roald Dahl quotes: There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met ... There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met ...
Roald Dahl quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: that ridiculous machine, That nauseating, foul, unclean, Repulsive television screen! that ridiculous machine, That nauseating, foul, unclean, Repulsive television screen!
Roald Dahl quotes: Her face, I'm afraid, was neither a thing of beauty nor a joy for ever. She Her face, I'm afraid, was neither a thing of beauty nor a joy for ever. She
Roald Dahl quotes: There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah! -Harry Wormwood There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!
-Harry Wormwood
Roald Dahl quotes: Aren't I going back to England?""No," she said. "I Could never do that. Heaven shall take my soul, but Norway shall keep my bones". Aren't I going back to England?"
"No," she said. "I Could never do that. Heaven shall take my soul, but Norway shall keep my bones".
Roald Dahl quotes: Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast. Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
Roald Dahl quotes: Never grow up...always down. Never grow up...always down.
Roald Dahl quotes: We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
Roald Dahl quotes: When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.
Roald Dahl quotes: Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours. Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
Roald Dahl quotes: I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world! I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!
Roald Dahl quotes: It was something black . . . Something tall and black . . . Something very tall and very black and very thin. It was something black . . . Something tall and black . . . Something very tall and very black and very thin.
Roald Dahl quotes: *Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them. *No book ever ends when it's full of friends. *Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them.
*No book ever ends when it's full of friends.
Roald Dahl quotes: Puffin is over seventy years old. Puffin is over seventy years old.
Roald Dahl quotes: Obscurity is never a virtue. Obscurity is never a virtue.
Roald Dahl quotes: What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays. What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays.
Roald Dahl quotes: And thus the journey ended. But the travelers lived on. And thus the journey ended. But the travelers lived on.
Roald Dahl quotes: The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
Roald Dahl quotes: An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details. An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
Roald Dahl quotes: Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous ... Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous ...
Roald Dahl quotes: Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners! 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 quotes: Good writing is essentially rewriting. Good writing is essentially rewriting.
Roald Dahl quotes: Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang! Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!
Roald Dahl quotes: You chose books. I chose looks. You chose books. I chose looks.
Roald Dahl quotes: Good authour Good books Good authour Good books
Roald Dahl quotes: There was an air of menace about them as they loped slowly across the plain with long lolloping strides, heading for the BFG. There was an air of menace about them as they loped slowly across the plain with long lolloping strides, heading for the BFG.
Roald Dahl quotes: Ah, Piglet, you must never trustYoung ladies from the upper crust. Ah, Piglet, you must never trust
Young ladies from the upper crust.
Roald Dahl quotes: A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR? ... WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK! A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR? ... WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!
Roald Dahl quotes: It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself
Roald Dahl quotes: And don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music. 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 quotes: Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
Roald Dahl quotes: Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books. Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.
Roald Dahl quotes: I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers. I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.
Roald Dahl quotes: If she's a lady, I'm a vernicious knid. (Eddie Albert in Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory) If she's a lady, I'm a vernicious knid. (Eddie Albert in Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory)
Roald Dahl quotes: A good plot is like a dream. A good plot is like a dream.
Roald Dahl quotes: I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me. I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
Roald Dahl quotes: We must hurry!' said Mr. Wonka. 'We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it! We must hurry!' said Mr. Wonka. 'We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!
Roald Dahl quotes: I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl. I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl.
Roald Dahl quotes: This is Mr. Bucket. This is Mrs. Bucket. Mr. and Mrs. Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie Bucket. This is Mr. Bucket. This is Mrs. Bucket. Mr. and Mrs. Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie Bucket.
Roald Dahl quotes: The maid screamed.The Queen gasped.Sophie waved. The maid screamed.
The Queen gasped.
Sophie waved.
Roald Dahl quotes: Sawdust in the gear-boxes, the electric-drill on the speedometer cables, Sawdust in the gear-boxes, the electric-drill on the speedometer cables,
Roald Dahl quotes: When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk
Roald Dahl quotes: Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful. Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.
Roald Dahl quotes: We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine. We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.
Roald Dahl quotes: This Giant had some sort of magic in his legs. This Giant had some sort of magic in his legs.
Roald Dahl quotes: The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
Roald Dahl quotes: I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans. I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.
Roald Dahl quotes: The teeth of the dreadly viper is still sticking into me!' he yelled. 'I is feeling the teeth sticking into my anklet! The teeth of the dreadly viper is still sticking into me!' he yelled. 'I is feeling the teeth sticking into my anklet!
Roald Dahl quotes: Your daughter's a cheat and a liar, the father said, Your daughter's a cheat and a liar, the father said,
Roald Dahl quotes: What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone's grandmother gone wrong! What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone's grandmother gone wrong!
Roald Dahl quotes: I cannot be helping it if I sometimes is saying things a little squiggly. I I cannot be helping it if I sometimes is saying things a little squiggly. I
Roald Dahl quotes: Eschew all those beastly adjectives ... Eschew all those beastly adjectives ...
Roald Dahl quotes: She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't. She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't.
Roald Dahl quotes: If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important. If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.
Roald Dahl quotes: The only sensible thing to do when you are attacked is, as Napoleon once said, to counter-attack. The only sensible thing to do when you are attacked is, as Napoleon once said, to counter-attack.
Roald Dahl quotes: Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker. Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
Roald Dahl quotes: A newt, she decided, was a useful thing to have around. A newt, she decided, was a useful thing to have around.
Roald Dahl quotes: Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
Roald Dahl quotes: Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it. Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
Roald Dahl quotes: I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams! I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!
Roald Dahl quotes: Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you. Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
Roald Dahl quotes: The snozberries taste like snozberries! The snozberries taste like snozberries!
Roald Dahl quotes: Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.
Roald Dahl quotes: What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her. What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her.
Roald Dahl quotes: 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. 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 quotes: They is all at least two times my wideness and double my royal highness! They is all at least two times my wideness and double my royal highness!
Roald Dahl quotes: 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. 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.
Roald Dahl quotes: If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.
Roald Dahl quotes: I think you is barking up the wrong dog. I think you is barking up the wrong dog.
Roald Dahl quotes: The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper. The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper.
Roald Dahl quotes: The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone." -Matilda The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone." -Matilda
Roald Dahl quotes: Perhaps his anger was intensified because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach. Perhaps his anger was intensified because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach.
Roald Dahl quotes: Lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say Lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say
Roald Dahl quotes: Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
Roald Dahl quotes: When he was sure that all his precious dreams had When he was sure that all his precious dreams had
Roald Dahl quotes: When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
Roald Dahl quotes: Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home. Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
Roald Dahl quotes: This dream is continuing very nice. It has a very dory-hunky ending. This dream is continuing very nice. It has a very dory-hunky ending.
Roald Dahl quotes: Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it. 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 quotes: Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home. Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
Roald Dahl quotes: You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference? You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
Roald Dahl quotes: I doubt I would have written a line ... unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut. I doubt I would have written a line ... unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
Roald Dahl quotes: This morning from a halibut. This morning from a halibut.
Roald Dahl quotes: Don't gobblefunk around with words. Don't gobblefunk around with words.
Roald Dahl quotes: Badger: The cuss you are.Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: The cuss you are.
Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
Roald Dahl quotes: The air became colder still and everything became paler The air became colder still and everything became paler
Roald Dahl quotes: An idiotic vitch like youMust rrroast upon the barbecue! An idiotic vitch like you
Must rrroast upon the barbecue!

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