Wendy Cooling > Quotes

“Bacon ~ Roald Dahl loved the smell of bacon sizzling in a frying pan. He even had his own bacon slicer, so that he could carve slices that were exactly right—as thin as tissue paper.”
― Wendy Cooling, D Is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl

“Norway ~ Both Roald Dahl’s parents were from Norway. They spoke Norwegian to each other, and Roald and his sisters learned Norwegian before English. Roald visited Norway many times and took his own family there for holidays. They spent their time boating, fishing, snorkeling, and visiting a never-ending stream of Norwegian relatives. Do you know what this says? Jeg er en Roald Dahl vifte.”
― Wendy Cooling, D Is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl

“Roald Dahl adored dogs, birds, and even goats. But he hated cats.”
― Wendy Cooling

“Easter-egg hunt ~ Roald Dahl loved Easter, especially the eggstraordinarily eggciting and eggstremely eggstravagant egg hunts he went on as a child.”
― Wendy Cooling, D Is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl

“Bucket ~ A round, open vessel for carrying water (Ooops! Almost forgot—Bucket is the name of one of the most important families in the history of books featuring boys called Charlie and lots of chocolate.)”
― Wendy Cooling, D Is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl