Norton Juster Quotes

Norton Juster is 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. June 1929   •   Other names נורטון ג'סטר

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The Phantom Tollbooth
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Famous Norton Juster Quotes

Norton Juster Quotes

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”

Variant: So many things are possible as long as you don't know they're impossible.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.”

Variant: The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

“But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.”

Variant: Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

“There are no wrong roads to anywhere.”

Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

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

Variant: What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

“… 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.”

Variant: …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.

“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.”

Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

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