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"10 Roald Dahl Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 13 September 1916. Died: 23 November 1990 | Novelist | Writer | Poet | Screenwriter |

A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.

Cherished Little Nonsense Wisest
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

Little Much Reverse Strike
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

Few Hours Anywhere Fabulous
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

Difference Hours Fiction Leaves
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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.
Boarding School Home Living
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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.

Anyone Murdered Little Possible
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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.

Autobiography Boring Book Life
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So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.

Bookcase Lovely Please Throw
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
Become Writer Person Absolute
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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.
Fiction Fear Demands Whether
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Roald Dahl Quotes & Sayings