Quotes from Norton Juster

they never see what they're too much of a hurry to look for

For an instant there was an ominous stillness, quieter and more silent than ever before, as if even the air was holding its breath.

The more you want, the less you get, and the less you get, the more you have

I cannot take your sense of humor--and, with it, you've nothing to fear from me.

A wise man's words are rarely questioned," he counselled gently. "Therefore you must be very careful whom you call wise.

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect.

Ali zar u buci nema i dobrih zvukova?

Milo had never thought much about words before, but these looked so good that he longed to have some. "Look, Tock," he cried, "aren't they wonderful?" "They're fine, if you have something to say

Does everyone here grow the way you do? puffed Milo when he had caught up. Almost everyone, replied Alec, and then he stopped a moment and thought. Now and then, though, some- one does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to dis- courage awkward things like that. What happens to them? insisted Milo. Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else, said Alec thoughtfully, and I've heard that they walk among the stars.

It is much better to look for what I may never find than to find what I do not really want.

Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars. Therefore, let both kingdoms live in peace.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words,' objected Milo. 'Of course, of course, everyone here does,' the king grunted. 'You should have made a tastier speech.

But that's just as bad," protested Milo. "You mean just as good," corrected the Humbug. "Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things." "I don't know which side of anything to look at," protested Milo. "Everything is so confusing and all your words only make things worse.

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.

Oh, don't worry about that, said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. We use the broken ones for fractions.

you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intend to say.

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.

and, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

Ali to je samo velika olovka, usprotivio se Uholaž i u nju kucnuo štapom za šetnju. To je istina, suglasio se Matemagi?ar, ali kad se jednom nau?iš njome služiti, onda nema kraja onom što možeš u?initi.

Bolje upasti u rije? nego u bunar.

You're Ã¢â'¬Â¦ in Ã¢â'¬Â¦ the Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Dol Ã¢â'¬Â¦ drums," wailed a voice that sounded far away.

The Doldrums, my young friend, are where nothing ever happens and nothing ever changes.