Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
Roald Dahl
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
Author
Autobiographer
Fighter Pilot
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Llandaf
Wing Commander Roald Dahl
Perfect
Father
Always
Norwegian
Norwegians
Diaries
Wrote
English
Though
More quotes by Roald Dahl
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.
Roald Dahl
You seemed so far away, Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings, Matilda said. It was wonderful.
Roald Dahl
Good writing is essentially rewriting.
Roald Dahl
The snozberries taste like snozberries!
Roald Dahl
You mean you live down here?' Matilda asked. 'I do', Miss Honey replied, but she said no more. Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again.
Roald Dahl
Hooray! said the Chief of the Army. Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!
Roald Dahl
I shall never have a bath again, I said. Just dont have one too often, my grandmother said. Once a month is quite enough for a sensible child. It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever.
Roald Dahl
The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.
Roald Dahl
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.
Roald Dahl
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
Roald Dahl
I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets whizzed past, was to accept the dangers and all the consequences as calmly as possible. Fretting and sweating about it all was not going to help.
Roald Dahl
You is getting nosier than a parker.
Roald Dahl
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
Roald Dahl
Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.
Roald Dahl
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Roald Dahl
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.
Roald Dahl
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
Roald Dahl
Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
Roald Dahl
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
Roald Dahl
Obscurity is never a virtue.
Roald Dahl