"A slavish concern for the composition of words……" — Norton Juster
"A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables."
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Norton Juster
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96 Quotes by Norton Juster
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Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a…
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The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the…
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It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have…
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You must never feel badly about making mistakes,
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Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
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Many of the things which can never be, often are.
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The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
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There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
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Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people…
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Whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest…
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When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect…
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There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.
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