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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHL, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it.
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.
ROALD DAHL, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Don't gobblefunk around with words.
If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
If you are good life is good.
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
ROALD DAHL, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.
ROALD DAHL, "The Heart of a Mouse," The Witches
The life of a writer is absolute hell ... if he is a writer of fiction he lives in a world of 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 little magic can take you a long way.
ROALD DAHL, James and the Giant Peach
So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
ROALD DAHL, The Telegraph, Sep. 13, 2011
IT ROTS THE SENSES IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK--HE ONLY SEES!
ROALD DAHL, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.... If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.
ROALD DAHL, My Uncle Oswald
Grown-ups are quirky creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
ROALD DAHL, Danny, the Champion of the World
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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