“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
Author detail
Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
“... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
“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...”
“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”
“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.”
“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.”
“…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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“But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusia...”
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“I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and...”
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