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And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.

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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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The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.
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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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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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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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...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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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.
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