Quotes from book
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, published in 1961 by Random House . It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once prosperous but now troubled. There, he acquires two faithful companions and goes on a quest to restore to the kingdom its exiled princesses—named Rhyme and Reason—from the Castle in the Air. In the process, he learns valuable lessons, finding a love of learning. The text is full of puns and wordplay, such as when Milo unintentionally jumps to Conclusions, an island in Wisdom, thus exploring the literal meanings of idioms.
“But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.”
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
“Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.”
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
“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
“Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.”
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
