Norton Juster Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Way, Sometimes, Begin Again

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

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  Sensitive, Knows

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.164, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Want, Phantom Tollbooth, Ifs

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.175, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.

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  World, Phantom Tollbooth, Something New

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—

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  Flower, Years, People

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.54, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Book, Good Book, Periods

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

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  Reality, Cities, Forget

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.103, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.

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  Ignorance, Like You, Far Away

  Norton Juster (1961). “The phantom tollbooth”

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• There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

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  Wrong Road

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.25, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters

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  Book, Writing, Character

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• That's the way most everyone gets here. It's really quite simple: every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not. It's such an easy trip to make that I've been here hundreds of times.

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  Simple, Way, Phantom Tollbooth

  Norton Juster (1961). “The phantom tollbooth”

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• Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily. "Well, by all means, use them. You're certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.

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  Mean, Bird, Effort

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.169, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

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  Eye, Phantom Tollbooth, Noticing

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.112, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things? You'd have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four's name were Albert, things would be hopeless.

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  Names, Would Be, Four

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.145, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

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  Expectations, Unexpected

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• And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

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  Sweet, Princess, Sight

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd even bothered.

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  Home, School, Somewhere Else

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.9, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.

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  Why Not, Sides, Reason

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.42, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Jobs, Effort, Monsters

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• Oh dear, all those words again," thought Milo as he climbed into the wagon with Tock and the cabinet members. "How are you going to make it move? It doesn't have a--" "Be very quiet," advised the duke, "for it goes without saying.

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  Moving, Cabinets, Dukes

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.75, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely. "You could," said Alec, "but only if you try very hard to look at things as an adult does." Milo tried as hard as he could, and, as he did, his feet floated slowly off the ground until he was standing in the air next to Alex Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to the earth again. "Interesting, wasn't it?" asked Alex. "Yes, it was," agreed Milo, rubbing his head and dusting himself off, "but I think I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.

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  Children, Fall, Thinking

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• You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way.

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  Princess, Purpose, May

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help." "That may be true," said Reason gravely,"but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

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  Trying, Done, May

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.200, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.

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  Jobs, People, Expectations

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.25, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I think really good books can be read by anybody.

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  Book, Thinking, Good Book

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