I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.

Roald Dahl

Danny, the Champion of the World

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Dahl, Roald. Danny, the Champion of the World. Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

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