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
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.
numbers life-is made
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
kindness simple mind
Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
children book next
I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.
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.
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.
philosophical important you-choose
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
book ends
No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.
world changing-the-world power-to-change
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
motivational wall book
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.
children father real
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I've also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It's sure to be a phony.
dream reality dreamer
We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
life inspiring passion
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be