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Roald Dahl
Men were foolish and were made only so that they should die, while mountains and rivers went on for ever and did not notice the passing of time.
Roald Dahl
Human Mortality
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Nature’s Timelessness
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Existential Thoughts
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Mortality
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Nature
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Thoughts
Roald Dahl’s Quotes On Topics
Energy
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Atlas Fun
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Impossible Acts
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Unique Logic
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Delicate Imagery
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Humorous Character
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World Changes
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Dreams
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Writing Challenges
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Book
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Sophistication
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Strange Scene
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Age
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Unclear Message
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Hair
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Emotion Comparison
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Suspenseful Thought
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Language Humor
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Enigma
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Playful Writing
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“The children and their parents were too flabber-gasted to speak. They were staggered. They were dumbfounded. They were bewildered and dazzled. They were completely bowled over by the hugeness of the whole thing. They simply stood and stared.”
Roald Dahl
Amazement
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Family Reaction
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Surprise
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Shock
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Reaction
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Family
“They also talked about themselves, each one saying how beautiful she thought she was. Aunt Sponge had a long-handled mirror on her lap, and she kept picking it up and gazing at her own hideous face.”
Roald Dahl
Vanity Critique
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Humorous Self-Perception
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Eccentric Characters
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Vanity
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Humor
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Characters
“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.”
Roald Dahl
Geographic Comfort
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Childhood Connections
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Imaginary Lines
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Wales
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Comfort
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Childhood
“The act of copulation is like that of picking the nose. It’s all right to be doing it yourself but it is a singularly unattractive spectacle for the onlooker.”
Roald Dahl
Taboo Humor
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Social Commentary
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Human Nature
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Humor
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Society
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Nature
“All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.”
Roald Dahl
Cultural Norms
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Early Skills
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Swimming Lessons
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Childhood
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Norway
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Learning
“The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.”
Roald Dahl
Creative Exhaustion
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Writer's Need
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Mental Strain
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Writing
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Exhaustion
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Need
“The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.”
Roald Dahl
Sudden Reaction
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Dramatic Moment
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Unexpected Events
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Drama
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Reaction
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Event
“I usually carried with me six loaded plates, which allowed me only six exposures, so that clicking the shutter even once was a serious business that had to be carefully thought out beforehand.”
Roald Dahl
Photography Challenges
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Thoughtful Art
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Limited Shots
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Photography
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Challenges
,
Art
“No one who is good can ever be ugly.”
Roald Dahl
Goodness
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Beauty
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Inner Qualities
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Morality
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Beauty
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Goodness
“I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.”
Roald Dahl
Life Reflections
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Routine Simplicity
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Regular Work
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Simplicity
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Routine
,
Life
“I am certainly anti-Israel, and I have become anti-Semitic.”
Roald Dahl
Controversial Statement
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Political Opinion
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Personal Admission
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Controversy
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Politics
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Opinion
“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
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Distance Perspective
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Playful Writing
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Childhood
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Distance
,
Writing
“Poppyrot and pigwash!”
Roald Dahl
Playful Exclamation
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Creative Language
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Unique Words
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Playful
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Language
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Unique
“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
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Teacher’s Life
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Childhood Wonder
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Teaching
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Curiosity
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Childhood
“It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.”
Roald Dahl
Eyes
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Emotion
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Authenticity
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Feelings
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Emotion
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Authenticity
“Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.”
Roald Dahl
Giant Logic
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Playful Safety
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Unique Thinking
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Giants
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Playful
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Thinking
“The next day she carried her secret weapon to school in her satchel. She was tingling with excitement. She was longing to tell Matilda about her plan of battle. In fact, she wanted to tell the whole class. But she finally decided to tell nobody. It was better that way, because then no one, even when put under the most severe torture, would be able to name her as a culprit.”
Roald Dahl
Secret Plan
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Strategic Excitement
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School Drama
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Secrets
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Strategy
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School
“Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.”
Roald Dahl
Playful Wisdom
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Language Humor
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Quirky BFG
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Wisdom
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Humor
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Quirky
“'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.”
Roald Dahl
Show Insights
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Smooth Production
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Great Experience
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Show
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Production
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Experience
“The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.”
Roald Dahl
Parenting Risks
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Child Independence
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Learning Growth
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Parenting
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Risks
,
Independence
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