“My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night
But ah my foes and oh my friends
It gives a lovely light.”
Not sure that that’s a quote from Dahl, but the page about him says that it was his motto. I can appreciate that.
So this is obviously a childrens book, it took me about 20 minutes to read, but I just can’t help but love Roald Dahl. Matilda is one of the books from my childhood that I read over and over and made me the reader that I am today.
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Nez
27|Jul|2005 1Edna St Vincent Millay said it. She is an excellent poet well worth checking into even if you don’t like poetry. I was an English Literature major way back when.