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Norton Juster quotes about caring

American Architect June 2, 1929

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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 perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen... Norton Juster
But that can never be," said Milo, jumping to his feet."Don't be too sure," said the child patiently, "for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that many of the things which can never be, often are. You see," he went on, "it's very much like your trying to reach Infinity. You know that it's there, but you just don't know where? but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for. 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? Norton Juster
We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not knowing where you aren't - and I don't care at all about where I'm not. Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: "And that's why people no longer care which words they use as..."
And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them. Norton Juster
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 nonsense. Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: "Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun," suggested the duke."
Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun," suggested the duke. Norton Juster

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