Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy.
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
Young cat! If you keep Your eyes open enough, Oh, the stuff you will learn! The most wonderful stuff!
When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.
And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!
Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?
My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: "To eat these things," said my uncle, "You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" And as you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.
Don't grumble! Don't stew! Some critters are much-much, Oh, ever so much-much So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!
Be awesome! Be a book nut!
In the places I go there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.
I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.
I know I am in love because I am finding it difficult to fall asleep nowadays. This is because after having you around me now I find that reality is better than dreams.
I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet up above Gletch there is a smaller hamlet called Über Gletch. I go there on the fourth of August every summer to get my cuckoo clock fixed. While the cuckoo is in the hospital, I wander around and talk to the people in the streets. They are very strange people, and I get my ideas from them.
Adults are obsolete children.
My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
Being crazy isn't enough.
Teeth are always in style.
Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.
You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!
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