Kid-friendly? *SPOILERS*

[Chibi]

What the ... you would think it would becomeharder as you grew older. Maybe you're one of those people whose spirit stays young while they grow old.

this is from a Roald Dahl book "...but if you think good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you shall always look lovely."
 

[EDIT] a much better quote than the rough approximation I had previously (see Glamador's post below)

[silverflagon]

What the ... you would think it would becomeharder as you grew older. Maybe you're one of those people whose spirit stays young while they grow old.

this is from a Roald Dahl book if you think good thoughts you will always look beautiful no matter how old/bowlegged/insert affliction here 

Perhaps lol or perhaps I find more things that make me want to swear? I like that Roald Dahl saying though

[Chibi]

Roald Dahl is my favorite children's book author; unfortunately he died a few years ago.  He wrote very whimsical stories that often held a deeper meaning (as in that saying from The Twits

{EDIT} I changed my signature, but here is the rough quote. "...but if you think good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you shall always look lovely."

{EDIT} I had "quotes" instead of "thoughts" before. "slaps face in stickler-inspired disgust"

[Glamador]

I like the quote in his signature quite more.  Roald Dahl made some very entertaining and meaningful books.  Some of them were downright scary though.  That book about the Giant Peach had a movie made for it and there were several animated versions of his books as well.  I remember his work was really big when I was in elementary school.

[silverflagon]

His books weren't around when I was a kid, or perhaps none of my teachers or my parents considered his books good enough for school or home?
But I do remember buying at least one for my son and he loved them especially James and The Giant Peach I loved the film of it, it really managed to keep the special atmosphere that all his stories had

[inkblob]

his adult short stories are *nuts* , he's easily one of my fave authors 

[Chibi]

Have you read Skin? It has stories that send a shiver down my spine. My favorite two are the ones where the wife kills her husband with a leg of lamb then feeds it to the coppers and the one where the old artist's tattooed back is sold.

[Glamador]

Judging from that description, I think I'd rather NOT read them.

[Chibi]

They're not as grisly as one would think: Roald Dahl writes so that his fluent prose disguises the most gruesome events (his descriptions are relatively tame compared with the likes of R.L. Stine)

[inkblob]

yep, pretty much have read everything he wrote. those ones are wonderful, one of my favourites is Parson's Pleasure even though there is minimal horror, it's mostly psychological.

[Chibi]

That one made me wince; there's something incredibly sad about a destroyed piece of beautiful (and valuable) artwork. I found myself thinking, "Parson you BLOODY idiot, what on earth were you thinking!"   

BTW sorry for dragging your post off topic, Quemaqua