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
littles pockets said
I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?
age bigger twits
Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
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.
july wish calendars
If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
inspirational funny sarcastic
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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
reading views done
All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
crazy half want
Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...
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.
long magic littles
A little magic can take you a long way.
book reading people
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.