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When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk
Roald Dahl
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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
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Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.
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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.
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All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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 face go because no one can see me because there's twenty-one thousand feet between me and them... No, I don't have to press my teeth together or tighten the muscles of my jaw.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.
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It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money.
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Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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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.
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