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Norton Juster Quote: “I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that’s about it.”

101. “I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that’s about it.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “I think really good books can be read by anybody.”

102. “I think really good books can be read by anybody.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Good question, good question,” he exclaimed. “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.”

103. “Good question, good question,” he exclaimed. “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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Norton Juster Quote: “You’d have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four’s name were Albert, things would be hopeless.”

104. “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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Norton Juster Quote: “When he had repeated them often enough, they became a decision.”

105. “When he had repeated them often enough, they became a decision.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. “Carry this with you on your journey,” he said softly, “for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star – and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It’s my gift to you.”

106. “Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. “Carry this with you on your journey,” he said softly, “for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star – and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It’s my gift to you.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself – not just sometimes, but always. 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 bothered. Nothing really interested him – least of all the things that should have.”

107. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself – not just sometimes, but always. 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 bothered. Nothing really interested him – least of all the things that should have.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you’ve been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it’s much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you’ve never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.”

108. “I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you’ve been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it’s much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you’ve never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “In this box are all the words I know,′ he said. ‘Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made from these words. With them, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.”

109. “In this box are all the words I know,′ he said. ‘Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made from these words. With them, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars. Therefore, let both kingdoms live in peace.”

110. “Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars. Therefore, let both kingdoms live in peace.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “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 Alec Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to earth again. “Interesting, wasn’t it?” asked Alec.”

111. “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 Alec Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to earth again. “Interesting, wasn’t it?” asked Alec.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began to happen. Because nobody cared, the city slowly began to disappear. Day by day the buildings grew fainter and fainter, and the streets faded away, until at last it was entirely invisible. There was nothing to see at all.”

112. “No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began to happen. Because nobody cared, the city slowly began to disappear. Day by day the buildings grew fainter and fainter, and the streets faded away, until at last it was entirely invisible. There was nothing to see at all.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “We’re not interested in making sense; it’s not our job.”

113. “We’re not interested in making sense; it’s not our job.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “That was all many years ago,” she continued; “but they never appointed a new Which, and that explains why today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.”

114. “That was all many years ago,” she continued; “but they never appointed a new Which, and that explains why today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Mile after mile after mile after mile he drove, and now, gradually, the car went slower and slower, until it was hardly moving at all.”

115. “Mile after mile after mile after mile he drove, and now, gradually, the car went slower and slower, until it was hardly moving at all.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “You see,” cautioned the count, “you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intended to say.”

116. “You see,” cautioned the count, “you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intended to say.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “The difficulty of understanding the world and the strange, illogical way it operated. And mostly, the large amount of time I spent being uninterested in doing or learning anything. For me, at ten, there just didn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason.”

117. “The difficulty of understanding the world and the strange, illogical way it operated. And mostly, the large amount of time I spent being uninterested in doing or learning anything. For me, at ten, there just didn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “He sat up quickly, pulled the book out from under him, put on a green eyeshade, and waited with his pen poised in the air.”

118. “He sat up quickly, pulled the book out from under him, put on a green eyeshade, and waited with his pen poised in the air.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “The number you want is always at least one more than the number you’ve got, and it’s so large that if you started saying it yesterday you wouldn’t finish tomorrow.”

119. “The number you want is always at least one more than the number you’ve got, and it’s so large that if you started saying it yesterday you wouldn’t finish tomorrow.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “You see,” continued the minister, bowing thankfully to the duke, “Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They’re grown right here in our orchards.”

120. “You see,” continued the minister, bowing thankfully to the duke, “Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They’re grown right here in our orchards.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow’s music and eagerly awaited the dawn.”

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

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Norton Juster Quote: “I can count to a thousand,” offered Milo. “A-A-R-G-H, numbers! Never mention numbers here. Only use them when we absolutely have to,” growled Azaz disgustedly.”

122. “I can count to a thousand,” offered Milo. “A-A-R-G-H, numbers! Never mention numbers here. Only use them when we absolutely have to,” growled Azaz disgustedly.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Every time he thought about it he became more convinced that there was nothing that was really true and even less in which to believe. So it was simpler not to care about anything, for in that way he was never disappointed.”

123. “Every time he thought about it he became more convinced that there was nothing that was really true and even less in which to believe. So it was simpler not to care about anything, for in that way he was never disappointed.”

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Norton Juster Quote: “Like most of the good things that have happened in my life, The Phantom Tollbooth was written when I was trying to avoid doing something else – something I was supposed to do. Some people are like that. I’m one of them.”

124. “Like most of the good things that have happened in my life, The Phantom Tollbooth was written when I was trying to avoid doing something else – something I was supposed to do. Some people are like that. I’m one of them.”

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