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Roald Dahl quotes

British Novelist, Writer September 13, 1916 – November 25, 1990

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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
Roald Dahl quote: "The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at..."
The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life..."
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
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
Roald Dahl quote: "If you are good life is good."
If you are good life is good. Roald Dahl
I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do. Roald Dahl
All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "Life is more fun if you play games."
Life is more fun if you play games. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination...."
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
Roald Dahl quote: "Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me..."
Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. 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 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... Roald Dahl
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I've also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It's sure to be a phony. Roald Dahl
A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans? Roald Dahl
Did you know", Matilda said suddenly, "that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred and fifty times a second?"I did not," Miss Honey said smiling. "How absolutely fascinating. Where did you read that?"In a book from the library," Matilda said. "And that means it goes so fast that you can't even hear the separate beats. It must sound like a buzz."It must," Miss Honey said. Roald Dahl

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