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And don’t worry about the bit...

And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.

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She might even be your lovely...

She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don't let that put you off. It could be part of cleverness. I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.

Roald Dahl 222 quotes

If I were a headmaster, I wou...

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 222 quotes

Kindness - that simple word. ...

Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.

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The greatest secrets are alwa...

The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

Roald Dahl 222 quotes

My dear young fellow,' the Ol...

My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.

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The books transported her int...

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

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I began to realize how import...

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that 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 222 quotes

I have a passion for teaching...

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

Roald Dahl 222 quotes

And above all, watch with gli...

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.

Roald Dahl 222 quotes

By the time I am nearing the ...

By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.

Roald Dahl 222 quotes

Some people when they have ta...

Some people when they have taken too much and have been driven beyond the point of endurance, simply crumble and give up. There are others, though they are not many, who will for some reason always be unconquerable. You meet them in time of war and also in time of peace. They have an indomitable spirit and nothing, neither pain nor torture nor threat of death, will cause them to give up.

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To shipbrokers, coal was blac...

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

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I never get any protests from...

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

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Two hours of writing fiction ...

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.

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When I walked to school in th...

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.

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'Dexter' is a very well-oiled...

'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.

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The fine line between roaring...

The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he's broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it's not a joke anymore.

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I go down to my little hut, w...

I go down to my little hut, where it's tight and dark and warm, and within minutes I can go back to being six or seven or eight again.

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Nobody gets a nervous breakdo...

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 222 quotes

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