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You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a thin man.
Norton Juster
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Norton Juster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 2
Died: 2021
Died: March 8
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Many of the things which can never be, often are.
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And remember, also, added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
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Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality.
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You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.
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Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.
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Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things? You'd have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four's name were Albert, things would be hopeless.
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You must never feel badly about making mistakes.
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I never knew words could be so confusing, Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. Only when you use a lot to say a little, answered Tock. Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing he'd heard all day.
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He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
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They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
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There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
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But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
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The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
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There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.
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Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
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It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.
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Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.
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...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.
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