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

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours."

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




Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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.




Roald Dahl Quotes: "All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen."

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like."

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible."

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




Roald Dahl Quotes: "Life is more fun if you play games."

Life is more fun if you play games.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Don't gobblefunk around with words."

Don't gobblefunk around with words.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people."

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.



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

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book."

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "... 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."

... 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 Quotes: "Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife."

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "If you are good life is good."

If you are good life is good.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life."

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English."

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset."

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us."

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books."

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home."

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "The matter with human beans," the BFG went on, "is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles."

The matter with human beans," the BFG went on, "is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more."

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.



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

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 Quotes: "Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!"

Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!



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

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives."

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories."

For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales."

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "To shipbrokers, coal was black gold."

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve."

Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task."

It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?"

The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?



Roald Dahl Quotes: "You is getting nosier than a parker."

You is getting nosier than a parker.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination."

There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful."

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration."

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green."

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of."

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



Roald Dahl Quotes: "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."

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.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important."

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "I'm wondering what to read next."

I'm wondering what to read next.



Roald Dahl Quotes: "The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman."

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.