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The Phantom Tollbooth

If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer ...Come in ... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet

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

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: Expect, expect everything, unexpected never happens, unexpected, Philosophy

“Whether or not you find your own way, you’re bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it’s quite rusty.”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: way, Life, way of life, years of living, young

“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 even bothered.”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: lost soul, Belonging, finding a place, searching for a place, Finding Purpose

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someon…”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: Silence, Alone, beauty, Moments, Listen

“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.’”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: Children's Book Quotes, Children's Books

“You must never feel badly about making mistakes … as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: Children's Book Quotes, Children's Books

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someon…”

— Norton Juster, goodreads.com

Tagged: An Introverted Mind

“You must never feel badly about making mistakes… as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”

— Norton Juster, amazon.com

Tagged: Mistakes, Learning, Success, Failure