Norton Juster
Norton Juster
Norton Justeris an American academic, architect, and popular writer. He is best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 June 1929
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Norton Juster quotes about
way looks phantom-tollbooth
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
valleys residents
They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
holiday care doing-nothing
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?
hands should-have gone
I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you've been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it's much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you've never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.
wrong-road
There are no wrong roads to anywhere.
rain men thinking
Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.
phantom-tollbooth
Many of the things which can never be, often are.
why-not phantom-tollbooth reason
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
mistake phantom-tollbooth children-book
You must never feel badly about making mistakes,
good-morning beautiful memories
Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day.
home school somewhere-else
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 even bothered.
way sometimes begin-again
Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.
want phantom-tollbooth ifs
If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.
life real eye
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.