Quote

I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting

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
Learning
Realizing
Relates
Kids
Slowly
Things
Starts
Think
Relate
Thinking
Exciting
Begin
Realize

More quotes by Norton Juster

Image
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
Norton Juster
Image
Oh dear, all those words again, thought Milo as he climbed into the wagon with Tock and the cabinet members. How are you going to make it move? It doesn't have a-- Be very quiet, advised the duke, for it goes without saying.
Norton Juster
Image
You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?
Norton Juster
Image
There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.
Norton Juster
Image
Many of the things which can never be, often are.
Norton Juster
Image
Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality.
Norton Juster
Image
Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.
Norton Juster
Image
But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
Norton Juster
Image
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.
Norton Juster
Image
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
Norton Juster
Image
You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—
Norton Juster
Image
Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?
Norton Juster
Image
Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.
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
A good book written for children can be read by adults
Norton Juster
Image
What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
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
It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.
Norton Juster
Image
There are no wrong roads to anywhere.
Norton Juster
Image
You must never feel badly about making mistakes.
Norton Juster