Quotes by Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow. — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
You had the courage to try and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do. — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we le — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life. — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them."Thi — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
You see," he continued, beginning to feel better, "once there was no time at all, and people found it very inconvenient. — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub? — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't se — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Now, remember: they're not for eating, but for listening, because you'll often be hungry for sounds as well as food. Her — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Of course, if you've ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you've nev — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don’t care if they make sense or — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They're grown right here in our orchards.""I didn — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear."Only when you use — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
...it's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just becau — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit." The Hu — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Dold — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth