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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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• 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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• 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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• For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the living room, and covered in tinsel, while the trees opened our presents." "What does that have to do with it?" asked Milo. "Nothing at all," he answered, "but it's an interesting possibility, don't you think?

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  Thinking, Boys, People

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• Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.

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  Boys, Causes

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.61, 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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• They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

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  Valleys, Residents

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.123, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?

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  Holiday, Care, Doing Nothing

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.27, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.

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  Character, Simple, Essence

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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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• ...I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.

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  Children, Fall, Phantom Tollbooth

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.95, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Trying, Looks, Sides

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and think, That's kind of an interesting idea

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  Teacher, School, Kids

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

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  Morning, Writing, Half

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• 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.

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  Kids, Want, Problem

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• But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance

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  Trying, Doing You, Enthusiasm

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• It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.

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  Wasting Time, Phantom Tollbooth, Killing

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.34, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Sweet, Memories, Tears

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.124, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Book, Boys, Littles

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.61, 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.

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  Expectations, Phantom Tollbooth

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

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• if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.

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  Life, Real, Eye

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.101, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.

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  Rain, Men, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Men, Skinny, Giants

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.100, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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