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  1. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    In this box are all the words I know,' he said. 'Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made from these words. With them, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.
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  2. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    Milo nibbled carefully at the letter and discovered that it was quite sweet and delicious - just the way you'd expect an A to taste."I knew you'd like it," laughed the letter man, popping two G's and an R into his mouth and letting the juice drip down his chin. "A's are one of our most popular letters. All of them aren't that good," he confided in a low voice. "Take the Z, for instance - very dry and sawdusty. And the X? Why, it tastes like a trunkful of stale air. That's why people hardly ever use them. But most of the others are quite tasty. Try some more."He gave Milo an I, which was icy and refreshing, and Tock a crisp, crunchy C.
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  3. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    That was all many years ago," she continued; "but they never appointed a new Which, and that explains why today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.
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  4. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    {I}t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
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  5. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    {I}t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.
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  6. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    {I}t's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.
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  7. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    {T}he most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.
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  8. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    And you are almost never right about anything,' he said, pointing at the Humbug. 'and, when you are, it's usually an accident.
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  9. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself-not just sometimes, but always. 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 bothered. Nothing really interested him-least of all the things that should have.
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  10. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    as you've discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.
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  11. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    You're on the Island of Conclusions. Make yourself at home. You're apt to be here for some time.''But how did we get here?' asked Milo, who was still a bit puzzled by being there at all.'You jumped, of course.' explained Canby. '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.' 'But this is such an unpleasant-looking place,' Milo remarked.'Yes, that's true,' admitted Canby; 'it does look much better from a distance.
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  12. Norton Juster _ The Phantom Tollbooth

    I call myself seven or eight times a day just to see how I am.''How are you?' he asked politely.'Not very well, I'm afraid.
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