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
charlie chocolate factory forget happened happily lived man suddenly
And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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I devised a stunt for getting myself sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of acute appendicitis.
figures literature peter professor publishers safe says
All the figures show that film-makers and publishers go for the safe option,'' says Peter Hunt, children's literature professor at Cardiff University.
philosophical important you-choose
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
giving-up pain war
Some people when they have taken too much and have been driven beyond the point of endurance, simply crumble and give up. There are others, though they are not many, who will for some reason always be unconquerable. You meet them in time of war and also in time of peace. They have an indomitable spirit and nothing, neither pain nor torture nor threat of death, will cause them to give up.
beauty uplifting teacher
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.
funny wisdom teacher
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
love long looks
It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
numbers life-is made
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
kindness thinking numbers
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
growing-up fun children
When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants - and DESERVES - is a parent who is SPARKY!
tickling problem said
Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.
childhood secret complicated
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
night eggs stolen
Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night.