Roald Dahl Quotes - Page 5

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• The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Sleep, Dark

  Roald Dahl (2016). “Roald Dahl's Scrumdiddlyumptious Story Collection: Six Marvellous Stories Including The BFG and Five Other Stories”, p.533, Penguin UK

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

  Roald Dahl

  Moments, Glory, Brilliance

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.41, Penguin

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Writing, Details

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.10, Penguin

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Wall, Ceilings, Juice

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.37, Penguin

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• The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

  Roald Dahl

  House, Bed, Comfort

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.90, Penguin

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• If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them.

  Roald Dahl

  Teacher, Food, Cooking

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• Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

  Roald Dahl

  Taste, Eating, Pears

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Going Solo”, p.195, Penguin

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• You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.

  Roald Dahl

  Doubt, Should

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• You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

  Roald Dahl

  Stars, Past, Wings

  Roald Dahl (1988). “Matilda”, Puffin

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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

  Children, Grandmother, Times Like These

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• Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.

  Roald Dahl

  Tickling, Problem, Said

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.50, Penguin

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• The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

  Roald Dahl

  Ideas, Plot, Reason

  Roald Dahl (2017). “The Roald Dahl Treasury”, p.560, Penguin UK

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• It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.

  Roald Dahl

  Life, Magic, Impossible

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

  Roald Dahl

  Lovely, Fortunate, Fellows

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Going Solo”, p.82, Penguin

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• I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.

  Roald Dahl

  Bigs, Can Do

  "Matilda". Book by Roald Dahl, October 1, 1988.

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• ... and when he put his mind to it, he could make his words coil themselves around and around the listener until they held her in some sort of a mild hypnotic spell.

  Roald Dahl

  Mind, Spells, Listeners

  Roald Dahl (2012). “Switch Bitch”, p.9, Penguin

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• In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit.

  Roald Dahl

  Mother, Teacher, Children

  Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin

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• Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Parent, Faults

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• I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Book, Next

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Matilda”, p.13, Penguin

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Years, Onions, Sage

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.80, Penguin

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

  Roald Dahl

  Rainbow, Different, Six

  Roald Dahl (1977). “Charlie and the chocolate factory”

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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.

  Roald Dahl

  Simple, Thinking, Routine

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.165, Penguin

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• Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas...Imported direct from Loompaland...And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.

  Roald Dahl

  Country, Real, People

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• All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.

  Roald Dahl

  Children, Swim, Young

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.63, Penguin

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

  Roald Dahl

  Believe In Yourself, Pockets, Littles

  Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin

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