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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
Roald Dahl
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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true. -Grandpa Joe
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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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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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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 rights don't equal a left.
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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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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!
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Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
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A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky... The name is Honey, Miss Honey said. Now look at me, Mrs Wormwood said. Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks.
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No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.
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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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Wonka: But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. Charlie: What happened? Wonka: He lived happily ever after.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.
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