Roald Dahl Quotes - Page 8

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• I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the courage. Any courage I had was knocked out of me when I was young. But now, all of sudden I have a sort of desperate wish to tell everything to somebody.

  Roald Dahl

  Wish, Faces, Impossible

  Roald Dahl (2016). “Matilda (Colour Edition)”, p.188, Penguin UK

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• Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master. Here was somebody who had brought the art of skulduggery to the highest point of perfection, somebody, moreover, who was willing to risk life and limb in pursuit of her calling. They gazed in wonder at this goddess, and suddenly even the boil on her nose was no longer a blemish but a badge of courage.

  Roald Dahl

  Art, Perfection, Risk

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• ...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

  Secret

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

  Roald Dahl

  Father, Long, Said

  Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin

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• 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

  Children, Book, My Own

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• Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.

  Roald Dahl

  Teacher, Prayer, Benches

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.46, Penguin

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• We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.

  Roald Dahl

  Dream, Country, Said

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.74, Penguin

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• I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.

  Roald Dahl

  Alive

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.102, Penguin

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• I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.

  Roald Dahl

  Thinking, Feel Good, Feels

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• The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?

  Roald Dahl

  Foxes, Badgers

  "Fictional character: Mr. Fox". "Fantastic Mr. Fox", www.imdb.com. October 14, 2009.

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• 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

  Doubt, Mind, Tragedy

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Country, Heart, Tanks

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

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• Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.

  Roald Dahl

  Travel, Over You, Goats

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• You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Differences, Looks

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• Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. "You is trying to change the subject," the Giant said sternly. "We is having an interesting babblement about the taste of the human bean. The human bean is not a vegetable.

  Roald Dahl

  Vegetables, Interesting, Trying

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• Good authour Good books

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Good Book

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• 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

  Flames, Bravery, Soldier

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• He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.

  Roald Dahl

  Sweet, Joy, Chocolate

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• Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants

  Roald Dahl

  Giants, Eating

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.165, Penguin

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• 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

  Children, Delight, Mirth

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