Norton Juster

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. ↗

— Norton Juster

#unexpected

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. ↗

— Norton Juster

#philosophy #quest #reason

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life. ↗

— Norton Juster

#life

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables. ↗

— Norton Juster

#storytelling #intellect

...it's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for. ↗

— Norton Juster

#infinity #goals

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub? ↗

— Norton Juster

#bathtub #fantasy #fiction #hearing #kids

But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for. ↗

— Norton Juster

#life

... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow. ↗

— Norton Juster

#inspirational #education

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected. ↗

— Norton Juster

#unexpected

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. ↗

— Norton Juster

#nonsense