Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so.
Roald Dahl
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RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of us.
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BILLY CRUDUP I always wanted to write for children. When I was growing up, we were really poor. My mother had lef...
JEWELL PARKER RHODES Of course he won my heart. Many children did. I often thought that I should have liked children of m...
JEAN PLAIDY If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter
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JULIE FOGLESONG I wonder what my life would have been if I had not spent it abused by men.
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GREG WEBB Face after face contorted in hate, men, women, children. Whatever lies had been voiced against me ha...
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RACHILDE I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children w...
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BRAYDEN ASHDOWN my life is a performance for which i was never given any chance to
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SUE TOWNSEND I would like not only to have a successful band, but I want to have children, a home, and a husband....
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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ROALD DAHL Life is more fun if you play games.
ROALD DAHL Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
ROALD DAHL Don't gobblefunk around with words.
ROALD DAHL You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck.
"Oh, I was. I was flying past t...
ROALD DAHL And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets ar...
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Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can...
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ROALD DAHL We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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ROALD DAHL But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions.
ROALD DAHL A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.
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ROALD DAHL I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are in...
ROALD DAHL Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watchin...
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ROALD DAHL If you are good life is good.
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ROALD DAHL I shall never have a bath again," I said.
"Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said....
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ROALD DAHL You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
ROALD DAHL Two rights don't equal a left.
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ROALD DAHL My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?"...
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ROALD DAHL It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.
ROALD DAHL I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.
ROALD DAHL It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
ROALD DAHL We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
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And wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
...
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ROALD DAHL The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVE...
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ROALD DAHL Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them la...
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ROALD DAHL We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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ROALD DAHL Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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ROALD DAHL Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous...
ROALD DAHL What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her.
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ROALD DAHL There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said.
‘Do you think that all ...
ROALD DAHL There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!"
-Harry ...
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ROALD DAHL I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, a...
ROALD DAHL Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make s...
ROALD DAHL Did you know", Matilda said suddenly, "that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred...
ROALD DAHL From then on, Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and re...
ROALD DAHL Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.
ROALD DAHL A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW...
ROALD DAHL And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around...
ROALD DAHL I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do i...
ROALD DAHL All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
ROALD DAHL Here it is,' Nigel said.
Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.'...
ROALD DAHL 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 Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the wh...
ROALD DAHL No-one got rich being honest, the customers have to be diddled
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ROALD DAHL This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book ...
ROALD DAHL You chose books. I chose looks.
ROALD DAHL What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone...
ROALD DAHL You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
ROALD DAHL I libri le aprivano mondi nuovi e le facevano conoscere persone straordinarie che vivevano una vita ...
ROALD DAHL A little magic can take you a long way.
ROALD DAHL Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Cha...
ROALD DAHL Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone?
She'd found it easy, being pretty
To hitch a ride ...
ROALD DAHL Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.
My Prince! She thought. He chops off heads!
How cou...
ROALD DAHL There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ...
ROALD DAHL There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plan...
ROALD DAHL Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my...
ROALD DAHL Giants isn't eating each other either, the BFG said. Nor is giants killing each other. Giants is not...
ROALD DAHL But where, you might ask, is this book that the BFG wrote? It’s right here. You’ve just finished...
ROALD DAHL Sophie took the book out of his hand. ‘Nicholas Nickleby,’ she read aloud. ‘By Dahl’s Chicke...
ROALD DAHL Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human be...
ROALD DAHL . . . I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!
ROALD DAHL Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants
ROALD DAHL I is not understanding human beans at all,’ the BFG said. ‘You is a human bean and you is saying...
ROALD DAHL Sometimes, on a very clear night,’ the BFG said, ‘and if I is swiggling my ears in the right dir...
ROALD DAHL So the music is saying something to them. It is sending a message. I do not think the human beans is...
ROALD DAHL let your love out
ROALD DAHL Human beans is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
ROALD DAHL Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who...
ROALD DAHL Words', he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. So you must simply try to ...
ROALD DAHL You is getting nosier than a parker.
ROALD DAHL Two wrongs don't make a right.
ROALD DAHL I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words ...
ROALD DAHL The maid screamed.
The Queen gasped.
Sophie waved.
ROALD DAHL Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left inste...
ROALD DAHL Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dang...
ROALD DAHL Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.
ROALD DAHL The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the nig...
ROALD DAHL Yesterday," he said, "we was not believing in giants, was we? Today we is not believing in snozzcumb...
ROALD DAHL You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.
ROALD DAHL Good day, Sir.
ROALD DAHL There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met...
ROALD DAHL Adventure is just bad planning.
ROALD AMUNDSEN Let's go skiing right now!
ROALD AMUNDSEN We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels th...
ROALD AMUNDSEN So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!
ROALD AMUNDSEN I'm excited about this year and I'm looking forward to competing on the Nationwide Tour. I'm ready t...
ANDREW DAHL It means a lot to me to go undefeated. There were a lot of tough wrestlers here (like Riley). I did ...
ANDREW DAHL It's going to be a good match. ... The way I look at it, it's just another kid to wrestle. Don't wor...
ANDREW DAHL When he shot in overtime and got that nice double(-leg), I knew it was going to be over.
ANDREW DAHL I won one (championship) as a freshman, and I want to win a couple more before I'm done.
ANDREW DAHL [Infantry boot camp was so effective that Dye organized POW simulation exercises as well.] We made a...
JOHN DAHL I told them you have to go out there and forget the score. You have to stop them from scoring and yo...
CHRISTINA DAHL Frank was her one true love, she told me.
ARLENE DAHL I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a mus...
ARLENE DAHL This class is special in the fact that they were completely dedicated to basketball. They're all I'v...
CHRISTINA DAHL It's about righting a wrong. Somewhere along the line, someone screwed up. The feeling about the POW...
JOHN DAHL It's a story about American combat in a foreign country, ... and it's a heroic story. Right now, not...
JOHN DAHL I remember thinking this can't be happening, this can't be happening.
ELIZABETH DAHL He didn't smoke or drink. He had low cholesterol. He worked out and walked a lot -- he didn't really...
ELIZABETH DAHL It means a lot to know his memory is as alive for other people as it is for us.
ELIZABETH DAHL You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out.
VICTORIA DAHL Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without...
VICTORIA DAHL When we beat North Dakota here in 2001.
CRAIG DAHL The atmosphere in here (Friday) was electric. That was my second-favorite game ever.
CRAIG DAHL Up here it's a little different because you're not so emotionally involved in the game. You're not a...
CRAIG DAHL I have two of them in the morning. I enjoy it for breakfast. It can be a treat.
ERIC DAHL It was used and it worked yesterday.
ERIC DAHL They basically backed the truck right out of the building.
ERIC DAHL Yesterday's fire showed that nobody is immune to fire.
ERIC DAHL We give them that emotional and physical assurance. We have a strong camaraderie of residents and st...
JAMES DAHL For every day you spend in the hospital, you need two days here.
JAMES DAHL We're a skilled nursing rehabilitation facility open to the community. We're staffed by nurses 24 ho...
JAMES DAHL A yard for my little Charlie...he's fit right in, he seems like he loves it.
LORETTA DAHL I met a man across the street, he's in a wheelchair and he patrols the neighborhood, yeah, and I met...
LORETTA DAHL I hadn't ever really planned on owning a house again because I'm on social security.
LORETTA DAHL It means...it just means so much that I can have a home and be independent...its just great.
LORETTA DAHL One of the things I love about this program, the kids know this is a safe place to fall. For example...
JULI DAHL Jerry said if anyone ever found out how much fun we were having, we'd have to pay an entertainment t...
JULI DAHL We've used all kinds of resources to furnish this place.
JULI DAHL We are right on the bubble as far as postseason play is concerned.
PAULA DAHL Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder especially i...
DR. ROALD BAHR Wearing a helmet, if you're a skier or snowboarder, reduces your risk of having a head injury by 60 ...
DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder -- especiall...
DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder _ especially...
DR. ROALD BAHR