Roald Dahl frasi celebri
Roald Dahl Frasi e Citazioni
Boy and Going Solo
Matilda
“La caccia di frodo è un'arte. Un grande cacciatore di frodo è un grande artista.”
Origine: Danny il campione del mondo, p. 25
XXV; p. 160
La fabbrica di cioccolato
da Lo scrittore automatico, in Il libraio che imbrogliò l'Inghilterra
Roald Dahl: Frasi in inglese
“I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”
Origine: Matilda
“We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.”
Origine: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.”
Origine: Matilda
“I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
-Grandpa Joe”
Origine: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.”
Origine: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
Contesto: A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.
“I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.”
Origine: James and the Giant Peach
“When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.”
Origine: Boy: Tales of Childhood