Roald Dahl Quotes

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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.

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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

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All you do is to look / At a page in this book / Because that's where we always will be. / No book ever ends / When it's full of your friends / The Giraffe and the Pelly and me.

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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

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The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

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There's enough chocolate in there to fill every bathtub in the entire country! And all the swimming pools as well!

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The little pig began to pray But Wolfie blew his house away. He shouted, "Bacon, Pork, and Ham! Oh what a lucky wolf I am!" And though he ate the pig quite fast, He carefully kept the tail till last.

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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.

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

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There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity; maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason.

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A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky..." "The name is Honey," Miss Honey said. "Now look at me," Mrs Wormwood said. "Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks.

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Here it is,' Nigel said. Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.' How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married?

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There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes; and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.

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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!

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Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who is hundreds of years more than you.

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A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

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What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly.

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

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Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.

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It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money.

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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.

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And don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.

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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?

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Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...

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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.

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"It is very difficult to phone people in China, Mr. President," said the Postmaster General, "The country is so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."

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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.

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Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

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It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.

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