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Roald Dahl Quotes

I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it Picture Quote #1

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners! Picture Quote #1

Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone? She’d found it easy, being pretty To hitch a ride into the city Picture Quote #1

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely Picture Quote #1

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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants - and DESERVES - is a parent who is SPARKY! Picture Quote #1

Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it Picture Quote #1

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important Picture Quote #1

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village Picture Quote #1

I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting to children is to exaggerate all their good or bad qualities, and so if a person is nasty or bad or cruel, you make them very nasty, very bad, very cruel. If they are ugly, you make them extremely ugly. That, I think, is fun and makes an impact Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it Picture Quote #1

And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music Picture Quote #1

Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast Picture Quote #1

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else Picture Quote #1

I asked my mum, who’s a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears Picture Quote #1

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It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself Picture Quote #1

The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it’s a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he’s broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it’s not a joke anymore Picture Quote #1

There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be Picture Quote #1

It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful Picture Quote #1

Life is more fun if you play games Picture Quote #1

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom Picture Quote #1

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Eschew all those beastly adjectives Picture Quote #1

It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task Picture Quote #1

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it Picture Quote #1

When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk Picture Quote #1

Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents Picture Quote #1

You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour Picture Quote #1

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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice (Roald Dahl Quotes) 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 (Roald Dahl Quotes) My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it (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! (Roald Dahl Quotes) 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) A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely (Roald Dahl Quotes) When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants - and DESERVES - is a parent who is SPARKY! (Roald Dahl Quotes) Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it (Roald Dahl Quotes) If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important (Roald Dahl Quotes) The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village. (Roald Dahl Quotes) I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting to children is to exaggerate all their good or bad qualities, and so if a person is nasty or bad or cruel, you make them very nasty, very bad, very cruel. If they are ugly, you make them extremely ugly. That, I think, is fun and makes an impact. (Roald Dahl Quotes) It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you (Roald Dahl Quotes) 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 Quotes) And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. (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. (Roald Dahl Quotes) Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast. (Roald Dahl Quotes) I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else. (Roald Dahl Quotes) I asked my mum, who’s a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears. (Roald Dahl Quotes) It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself (Roald Dahl Quotes) The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it’s a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he’s broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it’s not a joke anymore. (Roald Dahl Quotes) There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be. (Roald Dahl Quotes) It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. (Roald Dahl Quotes) Life is more fun if you play games (Roald Dahl Quotes) A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom (Roald Dahl Quotes) Eschew all those beastly adjectives (Roald Dahl Quotes) It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task (Roald Dahl Quotes) Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it (Roald Dahl Quotes) When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk (Roald Dahl Quotes) Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents (Roald Dahl Quotes) You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour (Roald Dahl Quotes)

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