"You see. . . it's really quite strenuous……" — Norton Juster
"You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?"
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96 Quotes by Norton Juster
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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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There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.
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