213 Quotes by Norton Juster

There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

As the cheering continued, Rhyme leaned forward and touched Milo gently on the arm."They're shouting for you," she said with a smile."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.

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 burning, busy department stores, crunching toast, creaking bed springs, and of course, all kinds of laughter. There's a little of each, and in far off, lonely places, I think you will be glad to have them.

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 real ones.

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

...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 weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.

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

…it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.