Norton Juster

It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.

— Norton Juster

I think really good books can be read by anybody.

— Norton Juster

There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

— Norton Juster

“Sve se na koncu svede na ništa.”

— Norton Juster

What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

— Norton Juster

“Ali zar u buci nema i dobrih zvukova?”

— Norton Juster

“Bolje upasti u riječ nego u bunar.”

— Norton Juster

“Rhyme and reason answer all problems”

— Norton Juster

“So many things are possible as long as you don't know they're impossible.”

— Norton Juster

“You had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”

— Norton Juster

“So many things are potable just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”

— Norton Juster

So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

— Norton Juster

Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.

— Norton Juster

What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

— Norton Juster

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

— Norton Juster

“You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.”

— Norton Juster

I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all it must be the…

— Norton Juster

I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities,…

— Norton Juster

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure…

— Norton Juster

“People laughed less and grumbled more, sang less and shouted more, and the sounds they made grew louder and uglier. It became…

— Norton Juster

But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be…

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The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. “You’ll find,” he remarked gently, “that the only thing you can do…

— Norton Juster

Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots…

— Norton Juster

...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…

— Norton Juster

“Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we…

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“How are you going to make it move? It doesn't have a – " "Be very quiet," advised the duke, "for it…

— Norton Juster

No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and…

— Norton Juster

You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden…

— Norton Juster

“Don't try to leave for there's so very much to do, and you still have over eight hundred years to go on…

— Norton Juster

You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up…

— Norton Juster

“What kind of a place is Expectations?" inquired Milo, unable to see the humor and feeling very doubtful of the little man's…

— Norton Juster

How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. "Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing…

— Norton Juster

“Don't you know anything at all about numbers?" "Well, I don't think they're very important," snapped Milo, too embarrassed to admit the…

— Norton Juster

“You see," he continued, beginning to feel better, "once there was no time at all, and people found it very inconvenient. They…

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“Do all those words mean the same thing?” gasped Milo. “Of course.” “Certainly.” “Precisely.” “Exactly.” “Yes,” they replied in order. “Well, then,”…

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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…

— Norton Juster

“The Humbug whistled gaily at his work, for he was never as happy as when he had a job which required no…

— Norton Juster

“But I'm afraid it can't be done." "Certainly not; it can't be done," repeated the Humbug. "Why not?" asked Milo. "Why not…

— Norton Juster

“You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn…

— Norton Juster

“Outside the window, there was so much to see, and hear, and touch — walks to take, hills to climb, caterpillars to…

— Norton Juster