I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself. Roald Dahl backblurmemory 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
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
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 beginfixfollow 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
When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. Roald Dahl cardiffcountryimpose Change image and share on social