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Quotes About Adventure

George didn't say a word. He felt quite trembly. He knew something tremendous had taken place that morning. For a few brief moments he had touched with the very tips of his fingers the edge of a magic world.
~ Roald Dahl
By sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth, he was always able to find a tasty morsel here and there to nibble on.
~ Roald Dahl
It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. 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 travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.
~ Roald Dahl
But where, you might ask, is this book that the BFG wrote? It's right here. You've just finished reading it.
~ Roald Dahl
This place we're flying over now isn't in the atlas, is it?' the pilot said, grinning. 'You're darn right it isn't in the atlas!' cried the Head of the Air Force. 'We've flown clear off the last page!
~ Roald Dahl
And Matilda found, to her surprise, that life could be fun. She decided to have as much fun as possible. After all, she was a very smart kid.
~ Roald Dahl
mouse-trrraps
~ Roald Dahl
Era così piacevole tener vicino una bevanda calda mentre leggeva e leggeva, nella sua stanzetta silenziosa. I libri le aprivano mondi nuovi e le facevano conoscere persone straordinarie che vivevano una vita piena di avventure.
~ Roald Dahl
And thus the journey ended. But the travelers lived on.
~ Roald Dahl
Hiçbir yerden tek ses bile duyulmuyordu. Åžeftalinin üzerinde yolculuk yapmak hiç de bir uçak yolculuÄŸuna benzemiyordu. Uçak gökyüzünde pat?rt?lar, gürültüler ç?kararak hareket eder ve o kocaman bulut daÄŸlar?na gizlenmiÅŸ duran bir ÅŸeyler varsa, uçak gelirken koÅŸup saklan?rlar. İşte bu yüzden, uçakla yolculuk edenler hiçbir ÅŸey göremezler.
~ Roald Dahl
Era davvero uno strano spettacolo guardare quella personcina seduta, i cui piedi non arrivavano a terra, completamente assorta nelle meravigliose avventure di Pip e della vecchia signorina Havisham con la sua casa piena di ragnatele, persa nell'incantesimo che Dickens, il grande inventore di storie, aveva saputo creare.
~ Roald Dahl
What sort of a book would you like to read next? she asked.
~ Roald Dahl
This morning from a halibut.
~ Roald Dahl
You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that - Willy Wonka
~ Roald Dahl
There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction they are going! There's no knowing where they're rowing, Or which way the river's flowing! Not a speck of light is showing, So the danger must be growing, For the rowers keep on rowing, And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing. . . .
~ Roald Dahl
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives...All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen
~ Roald Dahl
I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement
~ Roald Dahl
WILLY WONKA'S FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY IS OPENING AT LAST!
~ Roald Dahl
This is Mr. Bucket. This is Mrs. Bucket. Mr. and Mrs. Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie Bucket.
~ Roald Dahl
I is THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT! I is the BFG. What is your name?' 'My name is Sophie,' Sophie said, hardly
~ Roald Dahl
old girl's head went through the ceiling as though it were butter.
~ Roald Dahl
Bütün büyükler çocuklara dev gibi görünürler.
~ Roald Dahl
Eve dönüÅŸün keyfini ç?karmak için evden uzaklaÅŸmaya deÄŸer.
~ Roald Dahl
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 travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.
~ Roald Dahl