Quote

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

Norton Juster

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Norton Juster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 2
Died: 2021
Died: March 8
Architect
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Memory
Salty
Tears
Paused
Taste
Rolled
Sweet
Cheek
Memories
Cheeks
Tear
Longing
Lips

More quotes by Norton Juster

Image
The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.
Norton Juster
Image
The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. “You’ll find,” he remarked gently, “that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that’s hardly worth the effort.
Norton Juster
Image
Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.
Norton Juster
Image
They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
Norton Juster
Image
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
Norton Juster
Image
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.
Norton Juster
Image
But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
Norton Juster
Image
And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.
Norton Juster
Image
What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
Norton Juster
Image
Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.
Norton Juster
Image
Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.
Norton Juster
Image
A good book written for children can be read by adults
Norton Juster
Image
Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.
Norton Juster
Image
You must never feel badly about making mistakes.
Norton Juster
Image
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
Norton Juster
Image
If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.
Norton Juster
Image
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.
Norton Juster
Image
When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd even bothered.
Norton Juster
Image
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.
Norton Juster
Image
The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.
Norton Juster