I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes boy murder tell
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 bathechilddifficult Change image and share on social
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people. Roald Dahl completelydrainfiction Change image and share on social
The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal with no manners, no moral sense at all. Roald Dahl adultanimalawful Change image and share on social
My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant. Hilary Mantel ambitionboycareer Change image and share on social
In a pine tree behind me, an eagle waits out the rain, hunched into himself, brooding. Crows squabble, a murder chasing a raven. Seals cruise the lines of fishing nets bobbing in the water, hoping for an easy meal, the tender bellies of salmon. Eden Robinson bellybobbrood share on social