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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

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Norton Juster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 2
Died: 2021
Died: March 8
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I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.
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if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
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What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
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We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don’t care if they make sense or nonsense.
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One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.
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There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
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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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Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.
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Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.
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That's the way most everyone gets here. It's really quite simple: every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not. It's such an easy trip to make that I've been here hundreds of times.
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Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
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There are no wrong roads to anywhere.
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