Roald Dahl - Life Quotes

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

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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.

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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

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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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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.

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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.

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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.

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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.

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