Norton Juster
Norton Juster
Norton Justeris an American academic, architect, and popular writer. He is best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 June 1929
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
eye phantom-tollbooth noticing
There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
real eye arms
How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. "Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he said. "For instance, 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." "Then where is Reality?" barked Tock. "Right here,"cried Alec, waving his arms.
life real eye
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.
stars eye journey
They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star — and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.
eye ifs
But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
reason
But as you know, the most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.
american-architect books writers written
It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to be written, in a way that it had to be written. If you know what I mean.
ignorance like-you far-away
Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.
way looks phantom-tollbooth
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
infinity phantom-tollbooth poor
Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.
mistake phantom-tollbooth children-book
You must never feel badly about making mistakes,
phantom-tollbooth
Many of the things which can never be, often are.
sweet memories tears
He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
why-not phantom-tollbooth reason
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.