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Norton Juster quotes

American Architect June 2, 1929

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Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely."You could," said Alec, "but only if you try very hard to look at things as an adult does."Milo tried as hard as he could, and, as he did, his feet floated slowly off the ground until he was standing in the air next to Alex Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to the earth again."Interesting, wasn't it?" asked Alex."Yes, it was," agreed Milo, rubbing his head and dusting... Norton Juster
I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting. Norton Juster
AHA!" interrupted Officer Shrift, making another note in his little book. "Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything. Norton Juster
I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all it must be the right road, and if it doesn't it must be the right road to somewhere else, because there are no wrong roads to anywhere. Do you think it will rain? Norton Juster
You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way Norton Juster
It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to be written, in a way that it had to be written. If you know what I mean. Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: "You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet."
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet. Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: " what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you..."
... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow. Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: "And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you..."
And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer. Norton Juster
It's completely logical," explained the Dodecahedron. "The more you want, the less you get, and the less you get, the more you have. Simple arithmetic, that's all. Suppose you had something and added something to it. What would that make?"More," said Milo quickly."Quite correct," he nodded. "Now suppose you had something and added nothing to it. What would you have?"The same," he answered again, without much conviction. "Splendid," cried the Dodecahedron. "And suppose you had something and... Norton Juster
Norton Juster quote: "Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to..."
Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. Norton Juster
But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help."That may be true," said Reason gravely, "but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do. Norton Juster
Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--"You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily. "Well, by all means, use them. You're certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now. 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
And, most important of all," added the Mathemagician, "here is your own magic staff. Use it well and there is nothing it cannot do for you."He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own. Norton Juster

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