“Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--"
"You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily. "Well, by all means, use them. You're certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.”

Source: The Phantom Tollbooth

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American children's writer, academic, and architect 1929

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