Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug — Norton Juster Bright side Copy Share Image
One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read… — Norton Juster Books Copy Share Image
“For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.” — Norton Juster Right reasons Copy Share Image
Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again. — Norton Juster Begin again Copy Share Image
“You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.” — Norton Juster Doldrums Copy Share Image
Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. — Norton Juster Order Copy Share Image
Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words: - Milo” — Norton Juster Childrens-literature Copy Share Image
We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a… — Norton Juster Care Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly… — Norton Juster Childrens-literature Copy Share Image
“I'm the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than… — Norton Juster Weather Copy Share Image
if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Ali to je samo velika olovka", usprotivio se Uholaž i u nju kucnuo štapom za šetnju. "To je istina", suglasio se Matemagičar,… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“I never knew words could be so confusing,” Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog’s ear. “Only… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go… — Norton Juster Care Copy Share Image
And now," he continued, speaking to Milo, "where were you on the night of July 27?" "What does that have to do… — Norton Juster Birthday Copy Share Image
When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Why don't they live in Illusions?' suggested the Humbug. 'It's much prettier.' 'Many of them do,' he answered, walking in the direction… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“just follow that line forever," said the Mathemagician, "and when you reach the end, turn left. There you'll find the land of… — Norton Juster Infinity Copy Share Image
“And remember, also...that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything. — Norton Juster Education Copy Share Image
Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the… — Norton Juster Gift Copy Share Image
“you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intend to say.” — Norton Juster Language Copy Share Image
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“You'll find that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.” — Norton Juster Effort Copy Share Image
“It is much better to look for what I may never find than to find what I do not really want.” — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them. — Norton Juster Care Copy Share Image
Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub? — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“and, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.” — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Don’t worry,” Milo replied; “I’ll just wrap one up for later,” and he folded his napkin around “EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.” — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect.” — Norton Juster Humor Copy Share Image
...I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall. — Norton Juster Child Copy Share Image
He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory. — Norton Juster Lips Copy Share Image