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No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.
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 shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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