Roald Dahl Quotes - Page 6

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• I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?

  Roald Dahl

  Believe In Yourself, Pockets, Littles

  Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin

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• 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

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”, p.148, Penguin

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Egypt, Iraq, Flying

  Roald Dahl (2008). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

  Roald Dahl

  Fighting, Monsters, Might

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• Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

  Roald Dahl

  Taste, Eating, Pears

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Going Solo”, p.195, Penguin

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• For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.

  Roald Dahl

  Writing, Stories, Pleasure

  Roald Dahl (2000). “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”, p.233, Penguin

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• Poor Earthworm,' the Ladybird said, whispering in James's ear. 'He loves to make everything into a disaster. He hates to be happy. He is only happy when he is gloomy.

  Roald Dahl

  Hate, Ears, Whispering

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Pain, Doctors, Knives

  Roald Dahl (2016). “Boy and Going Solo”, p.107, Penguin UK

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• There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" -Harry Wormwood

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Television, Wormwood

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• It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.

  Roald Dahl

  Punishment, Choices, Tasks

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• Wonka: But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.
  Charlie: What happened?
  Wonka: He lived happily ever after.

  Roald Dahl

  Men, Buckets, Ever After

  "Fictional characters: Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket". "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", 1971.

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• I like enthusiasts of any kind.

  Roald Dahl

  Kind

  Roald Dahl (2010). “Spotty Powder and other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.107, Penguin UK

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• When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

  Roald Dahl

  Writing, Important, Modesty

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.41, Penguin

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• You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!

  Roald Dahl

  Weed, Stupid, Ignorant

  Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin

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• I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite so merry and smiling a girl as I had been led to believe at first. She seemed to be coiled in herself, as though with a secret she was jealously guarding. The deep-blue eyes moved too quickly about the room, never settling or resting on one thing for more than a moment; and over all her face, though so faint that they might not even have been there, those small downward lines of sorrow.

  Roald Dahl

  Girl, Believe, Eye

  Roald Dahl (1979). “Tales of the unexpected”

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• I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.

  Roald Dahl

  Greed, Want

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, p.71, Penguin

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• Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours.

  Roald Dahl

  Rainbow, Different, Six

  Roald Dahl (1977). “Charlie and the chocolate factory”

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Home, School, Appreciate

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.98, Penguin

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• The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.

  Roald Dahl

  Needs, Daze, Want

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.166, Penguin

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• You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Writing, Long

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

  Roald Dahl

  Boys, Years, Littles

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• I'm wondering what to read next.

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  Reading, Next, Wonder

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Esio Trot”, p.84, Penguin

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• Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Long, Laughing

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• 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

  Bigs, Can Do

  "Matilda". Book by Roald Dahl, October 1, 1988.

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• 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

  Father, Hands, Elbows

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