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Roald Dahl Quotes

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

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I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enough for a sensible child." It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody..."
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this! 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
I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.'Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud.'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so..."
We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it! Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse..."
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl quote: "Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all..."
Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right. Roald Dahl

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