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

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

— Norton Juster

It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to…

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

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There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

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“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.”

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“As the cheering continued, Rhyme leaned forward and touched Milo gently on the shoulder. "They're cheering for you," she said with a…

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He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

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“Kad god se nasmiješiš, radost se oko tebe širi poput kolobara u bari, i kad god si tužan, nitko nigdje ne može…

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“Why not take a few pounds of ‘happys’?” advised the salesman. “They’re much more practical—and very useful for Happy Birthday, Happy New…

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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…

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Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.

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Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or…

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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…

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“I wonder where I am," said Milo in a very worried tone. "You're . . . in . . . the .…

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Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.

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“There are other advantages," continued the child. "For instance, if one rat were cornered by nine cats, on the average, each cat…

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“I don't think you understand," said Milo timidly as the watchdog growled a warning. "We're looking for a place to spend the…

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“Who decides whether you shall be happy or unhappy? The answer—you do!”

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But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of…

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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…

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Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

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“And, as you've discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”

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You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.

— Norton Juster

To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is…

— Norton Juster