A bad girl is a far more dangerous thing than a bad boy.
Roald Dahl
Gender Perception, Dangerous Behavior, Gender Critique, Gender, Behavior, Critique
Roald Dahl’s Quotes On Topics
Childhood Frustration | Childhood Belief | Writer's Need | Modesty Balance | Personal Admission | Philosophy | Event | All-Encompassing Trait | Prayer | Positive Outlook | Harsh Words | Life Perspective | Reader Engagement | Calling Out | Speed Contrast | Child’s Fear | Storytelling | Betrayal | Humorous Reflection | Joyful Living | More
More Roald Dahl Quotes
“Oh, books, what books they used to know, Those children living long ago! So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall.” Roald Dahl
Books, Childhood Nostalgia, TV Critique, Nostalgia, Bookshelf, Childhood
Roald Dahl Books, Childhood Nostalgia, TV Critique, Nostalgia, Bookshelf, Childhood“When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.” Roald Dahl
Childhood Walks, School Memories, Friendship Bonds, Childhood, School, Friends
Roald Dahl Childhood Walks, School Memories, Friendship Bonds, Childhood, School, Friends“Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!” Roald Dahl
Food Humor, Ridiculous Comparisons, Quirky Thoughts, Humor, Food, Comparisons
Roald Dahl Food Humor, Ridiculous Comparisons, Quirky Thoughts, Humor, Food, Comparisons“Dear children far across the sea, How nice of you to write to me. I love to hear the things you say When you are miles and miles away. All children, and I think I’m right, Are nicer when they’re out of sight!” Roald Dahl
Childhood Nostalgia, Distance Perspective, Playful Writing, Childhood, Distance, Writing
Roald Dahl Childhood Nostalgia, Distance Perspective, Playful Writing, Childhood, Distance, Writing“Charlie stood at the open door of the Elevator and stared into the swirling vapors. This, he thought, is what hell must be like. Hell without heat. There was something unholy about it all, something unbelievably diabolical. It was all so deathly quiet, so desolate and empty.” Roald Dahl
Dark Reflections, Elevator Imagery, Quiet Hell, Reflections, Imagery, Hell
Roald Dahl Dark Reflections, Elevator Imagery, Quiet Hell, Reflections, Imagery, Hell“There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this which lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.” Roald Dahl
Memory Mysteries, Tantalizing Thoughts, Lingering Ideas, Memory, Mysteries, Ideas
Roald Dahl Memory Mysteries, Tantalizing Thoughts, Lingering Ideas, Memory, Mysteries, Ideas“Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again. Do any of us children, she wondered, ever stop to ask ourselves where our teachers go when school is over for the day? Do we wonder if they live alone, or if there is a mother at home or a sister or a husband?” Roald Dahl
Curiosity, Teacher’s Life, Childhood Wonder, Teaching, Curiosity, Childhood
Roald Dahl Curiosity, Teacher’s Life, Childhood Wonder, Teaching, Curiosity, Childhood“It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake.” Roald Dahl
Moral Failures, Human Nature, High Stakes, Morality, Nature, Behavior
Roald Dahl Moral Failures, Human Nature, High Stakes, Morality, Nature, Behavior“The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper.” Roald Dahl
Poverty, Simple Meals, Family Struggles, Economic Hardship, Meals, Poverty
Roald Dahl Poverty, Simple Meals, Family Struggles, Economic Hardship, Meals, Poverty“And Matilda found, to her surprise, that life could be fun. She decided to have as much fun as possible. After all, she was a very smart kid.” Roald Dahl
Fun, Childhood, Surprise, Life Lessons, Fun, Childhood
Roald Dahl Fun, Childhood, Surprise, Life Lessons, Fun, Childhood“Every dream in the world is making a different sort of buzzy-hum music.” Roald Dahl
Dream Sounds, Imaginative Thoughts, World Dreams, Dreams, Imagination, World
Roald Dahl Dream Sounds, Imaginative Thoughts, World Dreams, Dreams, Imagination, World“Life is more fun if you play games.” Roald Dahl
Playful Life, Game Perspective, Joyful Living, Playful, Games, Joy
Roald Dahl Playful Life, Game Perspective, Joyful Living, Playful, Games, Joy“Don’t gobblefunk around with words.” Roald Dahl
Word Play, Language, Humor, Clarity, Humor, Language
Roald Dahl Word Play, Language, Humor, Clarity, Humor, Language“For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.” Roald Dahl
Writing, Creativity, Storytelling, Writing, Creativity, Pleasure
Roald Dahl Writing, Creativity, Storytelling, Writing, Creativity, Pleasure“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.” Roald Dahl
Anti-TV Message, Bookcase Appeal, Reading Advocacy, TV, Books, Advocacy
Roald Dahl Anti-TV Message, Bookcase Appeal, Reading Advocacy, TV, Books, Advocacy“I asked my mum, who’s a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.” Roald Dahl
Story Healing, Death Themes, Child Psychology, Stories, Death, Psychology
Roald Dahl Story Healing, Death Themes, Child Psychology, Stories, Death, Psychology“It is most unlikely. But – here comes the big “but” – not impossible.” Roald Dahl
Optimistic Doubt, Suspenseful Thought, Unlikely Events, Optimism, Suspense, Events
Roald Dahl Optimistic Doubt, Suspenseful Thought, Unlikely Events, Optimism, Suspense, Events“And on the pillow of the bed lay the head.” Roald Dahl
Surreal Imagery, Strange Scene, Visual Detail, Imagery, Scene, Detail
Roald Dahl Surreal Imagery, Strange Scene, Visual Detail, Imagery, Scene, Detail