“A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect.” — Norton Juster Humor 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
“Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you’re going. Of course, some people never go… — Norton Juster Expectations 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
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on… — Norton Juster Chains 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
...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… — Norton Juster Infinity Copy Share Image
“You wouldn’t like it much anyway,” someone replied gently. “Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends… — Norton Juster Infinity Copy Share Image
And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily… — Norton Juster Book 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
“You must excuse my gruff conduct,” the watchdog said, after they’d been driving for some time, “but you see it’s traditional for… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get… — Norton Juster Children Copy Share Image
That's the way most everyone gets here. It's really quite simple: every time you decide something without having a good reason, you… — Norton Juster Conclusion Copy Share Image
“He punctuated this last thought with such a deep sigh that a house sparrow singing near by stopped and rushed home to… — Norton Juster Family Copy Share Image
“Why, did you know that there are almost as many kinds of stillness as there are sounds? But, sadly enough, no one… — Norton Juster Serenity Copy Share Image
But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help." "That may be true," said Reason gravely,"but you had… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Yes, indeed," they repeated together; "but if we'd told you then, you might not have gone--and as you've discovered, so many things… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“And, most important of all," added the Mathemagician, "here is your own magic staff. Use it well and there is nothing it… — Norton Juster Mathematics Copy Share Image
Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried… — Norton Juster Bird Copy Share Image
“Ali što ćemo s Dvorcem u oblacima? Možda je on ipak važan." (...) "Neka ga vjetar nosi", odgovorila je Smisla. "I sretan… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
