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People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of. (Norton Juster)
I think really good books can be read by anybody. View quote
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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. View quote
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So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible. View quote
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You must never feel badly about making mistakes ... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons. View quote
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...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. View quote
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But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open. View quote
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The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug. (Norton Juster)
We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not knowing where you aren't - and I don't care at all about where I'm not. View quote
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I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept putting off writing it. Instead I started to write what became The Phantom Tollbooth. View quote
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Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty. View quote
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...it's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for. View quote
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You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time. View quote
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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. View quote
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I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. "Only when you use a lot to say a little," answered Tock. Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing he'd heard all day. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Norton Juster)
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. View quote
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The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between. View quote
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Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub? View quote
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Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day. View quote
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