"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."
-Roald Dahl
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"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."
-Roald Dahl
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"Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home."
-Roald Dahl
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"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
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
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