Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahlwas a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth13 September 1916
CityCardiff, Wales
long magic littles
A little magic can take you a long way.
worry bits
And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
country real people
Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas...Imported direct from Loompaland...And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.
reading views done
All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
imagination wish serious
There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be.
dream inspiration dreamer
I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!
grandpa sometimes imagine
I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true. -Grandpa Joe
inspirational funny sarcastic
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
july wish calendars
If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
life magic impossible
It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.
wall ceilings juice
The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
growing-up children thinking
I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
littles pockets said
I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?
house comfort lines
The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.