Quotes by Norton Juster

“... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”

“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 your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than re...”

“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.”

“And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.”

“You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of ...”

“Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?”

“You had the courage to try and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do. ”

“...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 see is.”

“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...”

“Words and numbers are of equal value, for in the cloak of knowledge one is warp and the other woof.”

“Now, remember: they're not for eating, but for listening, because you'll often be hungry for sounds as well as food. Here are street noises at night, train whistles from a long way off, dry leaves ...”

“its not just learning thats important. Its learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.”

“We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we dont care if they make sense or nonsense.”

“Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They're grown right here in our orchards.""I didn't know that words grew on trees," said Milo timidly."Where did you think the...”

“And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them.”

“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 a lot to say a little," answered Tock.Milo thought this was quite the wisest...”

“Of course, if you've ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you've never gotten one, pay close attention, because someday you might.”

“It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn't made so many mistakes. I'm afraid it's all my fault.""You...”

“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. ”