"I begin to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be."
—
My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl (via
teeaah)
(via booksandghosts)
"The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She traveled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."
— Matilda (Roald Dahl)
(via libraryland)
"All you do is to look / At a page in this book / Because that’s where we always will be. / No book ever ends / When it’s full of your friends / The Giraffe and the Pelly and me."
— Roald Dahl, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (via
libraryland)
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
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boroondaralibraries:
Ooohh!! Can someone from the UK PLEASE send us some letters!!
amandaonwriting:
Roald Dahl - 5 facts you probably didn’t know
1. Dahl wrote 17 children’s books.
2. Seven of his children’s book have been adapted into films.
3. Since his death in 1990, more than 37 million copies of his books have sold in the UK alone - more than one million a year.
4. Dahl served in the Second World War as an RAF fighter pilot.
5. He also wrote the screenplays for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Bond movie You Only Live Twice.
From: dailymail.co.uk
Roald Dahl’s best-loved novels have been celebrated with new set of stamps. See below.
(via booksandhotchocolate)
booklust:
understatement of the year
(Source: katelizabeth, via addictedreader27)
booklover:
shyswag1998:
Lol
Haha I would really love to read this.
(Source: abigailstyles69)
"literature is my utopia." - helen keller
