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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.
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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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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Two rights don't equal a left.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.
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I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what is it like to be a child between the ages of five and then... I can remember exactly what it was like. I am certain I can.
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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.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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You is getting nosier than a parker.
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Well, first of all, said the BFG, human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.
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I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.
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I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!
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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.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.
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Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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