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
infinity phantom-tollbooth poor
Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.
reason
But as you know, the most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.
ignorance like-you far-away
Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.
way looks phantom-tollbooth
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
mistake phantom-tollbooth children-book
You must never feel badly about making mistakes,
phantom-tollbooth
Many of the things which can never be, often are.
eye phantom-tollbooth noticing
There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
why-not phantom-tollbooth reason
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
wrong-road
There are no wrong roads to anywhere.
valleys residents
They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
trying done may
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.
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?
book past use
In this box are all the words I know…Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made with these words. With them there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is to use them well and in the right places.
real eye arms
How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. "Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he said. "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." "Then where is Reality?" barked Tock. "Right here,"cried Alec, waving his arms.