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Norton Juster quotes: But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

Norton Juster quotes: Words and numbers are of equal value, for in the cloak of knowledge one is warp and the other woof.

Words and numbers are of equal value, for in the cloak of knowledge one is warp and the other woof.

Norton Juster quotes: Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.

Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.

Norton Juster quotes: There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

Norton Juster quotes: you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intend to say.

you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intend to say.

Norton Juster quotes: You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.

You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.

Norton Juster quotes: Freedom is not a license for chaos,

Freedom is not a license for chaos,

Norton Juster quotes: There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

Norton Juster quotes: Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

Norton Juster quotes: What you can do is often a matter of what you will do.

What you can do is often a matter of what you will do.

Norton Juster quotes: Very serious, very serious. You can't get in without a reason.

Very serious, very serious. You can't get in without a reason.

Norton Juster quotes: You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.

You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.

Norton Juster quotes: We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don't care if they make sense or nonsense.

We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don't care if they make sense or nonsense.

Norton Juster quotes: When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.

When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.

Norton Juster quotes: And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.

And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.

Norton Juster quotes: A good book written for children can be read by adults.

A good book written for children can be read by adults.

Norton Juster quotes: To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is what stays.

To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is what stays.

Norton Juster quotes: Rhyme and reason answer all problems

Rhyme and reason answer all problems

Norton Juster quotes: Many of the things which can never be, often are.

Many of the things which can never be, often are.

Norton Juster quotes: And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them.

And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them.

Norton Juster quotes: Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.

Norton Juster quotes: Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

Norton Juster quotes: For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many." - Which Macabre

For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many." - Which Macabre

Norton Juster quotes: Every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not.

Every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not.

Norton Juster quotes: Don't worry," Milo replied; "I'll just wrap one up for later," and he folded his napkin around "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

Don't worry," Milo replied; "I'll just wrap one up for later," and he folded his napkin around "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

Norton Juster quotes: Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.

Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.

Norton Juster quotes: It's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

It's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

Norton Juster quotes: But just because you can never reach it, doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.

But just because you can never reach it, doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.

Norton Juster quotes: People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

Norton Juster quotes: Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.

Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.

Norton Juster quotes: A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.

Norton Juster quotes: It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.

It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.

Norton Juster quotes: I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them."-Tock

I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them."
-Tock

Norton Juster quotes: He punctuated this last thought with such a deep sigh that a house sparrow singing near by stopped and rushed home to be with his family.

He punctuated this last thought with such a deep sigh that a house sparrow singing near by stopped and rushed home to be with his family.

Norton Juster quotes: You're ... in ... the ... Dol ... drums, wailed a voice that sounded far away.

You're ... in ... the ... Dol ... drums, wailed a voice that sounded far away.

Norton Juster quotes: Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

Norton Juster quotes: EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

Norton Juster quotes: I think really good books can be read by anybody.

I think really good books can be read by anybody.

Norton Juster quotes: Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

Norton Juster quotes: You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.

You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.

Norton Juster quotes: I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

Norton Juster quotes: AHA!" interrupted Officer Shrift, making another note in his little book. "Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.

AHA!" interrupted Officer Shrift, making another note in his little book. "Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.

Norton Juster quotes: The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

Norton Juster quotes: I'm the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be.

I'm the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be.

Norton Juster quotes: You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than right for the wrong reasons.

You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than right for the wrong reasons.

Norton Juster quotes: What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

Norton Juster quotes: What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

Norton Juster quotes: The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

Norton Juster quotes: And, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.

And, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.

Norton Juster quotes: You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant; to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a

You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant; to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a thin man.

Norton Juster quotes: Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality.

Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality.

Norton Juster quotes: Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun, suggested the duke.

Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun, suggested the duke.

Norton Juster quotes: They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

Norton Juster quotes: And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.

And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.

Norton Juster quotes: There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.

There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.

Norton Juster quotes: changes are so frightening.

changes are so frightening.

Norton Juster quotes: He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

Norton Juster quotes: I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.

I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.

Norton Juster quotes: From 2:30 to 3:30 we put off for tomorrow what we could have done today.

From 2:30 to 3:30 we put off for tomorrow what we could have done today.

Norton Juster quotes: I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting.

I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting.

Norton Juster quotes: If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.

If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.

Norton Juster quotes: They never see what they're too much of a hurry to look for

They never see what they're too much of a hurry to look for

Norton Juster quotes: Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.- Humbug

Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.
- Humbug

Norton Juster quotes: it seemed a great wonder that the world, which was so large, could sometimes feel so small and empty.

it seemed a great wonder that the world, which was so large, could sometimes feel so small and empty.

Norton Juster quotes: So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

Norton Juster quotes: One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.

Norton Juster quotes: I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words:- Milo

I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words:
- Milo

Norton Juster quotes: Why is it,' he said quietly, 'that quite often even the things which are correct just don't seem to be right?

Why is it,' he said quietly, 'that quite often even the things which are correct just don't seem to be right?

Norton Juster quotes: Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.

Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.

$Norton Juster quotes: Oh, don't worry about that," said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. "We use the broken ones for fractions.$ Oh, don't worry about that," said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. "We use the broken ones for fractions.

Norton Juster quotes: Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

Norton Juster quotes: Being lost is not a matter of knowing where you are. It's a matter of knowing where you aren't.

Being lost is not a matter of knowing where you are. It's a matter of knowing where you aren't.