Quotes from Norton Juster

You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

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 question of what you will do.

Don't worry," Milo replied; "I'll just wrap one up for later," and he folded his napkin around "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.

I'm the official Senses Taker, and I must have some information before I can take your senses

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. Then, with a last word of encouragement, he and the Dodecahedron (who was simultaneously sobbing, frowning, pining, and sighing from four of his saddest faces) made their farewells and watched as the three tiny figures disappeared into the forbidding Mountains of Ignorance.

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 Alec Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to earth again. "Interesting, wasn't it?" asked Alec.

Very serious, very serious. You can't get in without a reason.

and I've heard that they walk among the stars.

There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.

And you are almost never right about anything,' he said, pointing at the Humbug. 'and, when you are, it's usually an accident.

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.

Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago.

So many things are possible just as long as you know they aren't impossible.

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.

I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words: - Milo

Tako kad nema baš ništa, uvijek imaš i više nego dovoljno. To je vrlo ekonomi?an sistem.

Što više želiš, to manje dobivaš, a što manje dobivaš, sve više imaš.

I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit." The

That was all many years ago," she continued; "but they never appointed a new Which, and that explains why today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.

Kad god se nasmiješiš, radost se oko tebe širi poput kolobara u bari, i kad god si tužan, nitko nigdje ne može biti stvarno sretan. A isto ti je tako i sa znanjem, jer kad god nau?iš nešto novo, ?itav svijet postaje mnogo bogatiji.

I soon discovered the truth of an old saying: "When God wants to punish you, he grants your wishes.

I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them. -Tock

For instance, 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.

For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many. - Which Macabre