The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes & Sayings

And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them. — Norton Juster

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

I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders. — Jan Koum

I always hated those fantasy books where, at the end, all the kids had to go home. At the end of a Narnia book, you always got shown the door. Same with The Wizard Of Oz and The Phantom Tollbooth. You get kicked out of your magic land. It's like, "By the way, here's your next surprise: You get to go home!" And the kids are all like, "Yay, we get to go home!" I never bought that. Did anybody buy that? — Lev Grossman

I have seen life's purpose, and now it is my own. — Kamahl

Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted? — N.K. Jemisin

She is not too good about sharing and I am not too good with having to listen her complain. So, please stay away from her. — Jennifer Loren

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director. — Chris Messina

Many of the things which can never be, often are. — Norton Juster

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. — Norton Juster

If you're anything like me, I feel sorry for your friends and family. — Gilbert Gottfried

Smiles, kindness, hugs & love are all free to give, but priceless to recieve. — Heather Wolf

Those that despise peace and admire war are crushed under the boots of the war! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. — Norton Juster

They introduced themselves as Agent Jones and Agent Brown - their real names, I later learned, though at the time I didn't believe them. — James K. Morrow

To surrender to God means to let go and just love. — Marianne Williamson

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. — William Wordsworth

I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept putting off writing it. Instead I started to write what became The Phantom Tollbooth. — Norton Juster

Just follow that line forever," said the Mathemagician, "and when you reach the end, turn left. There you'll find the land of Infinity, where the tallest, the shortest, the biggest, the smallest, and the most and least of everything are kept."
"I don't have that much time," said Milo anxiously. "isn't there a quicker way?"
"Well, you might try this flight of stairs," he suggested, opening another door and pointing up."It goes there, too. — Norton Juster

Please," he says. That one word is enough to get me off my bed. I'm standing in the center of our room now, hands on the waistband of my boxers. I yank and let them drop to the floor. And now he's staring at my cock, stroking his. "What do you want?" I ask. And I need him to be specific. This is a very dangerous game we're playing. It will probably end in disaster. But if there's any way I can prevent that, I will. — Sarina Bowen

I loved fantasy, but I particularly loved the stories in which somebody got out of where they were and into somewhere better - as in the 'Chronicles Of Narnia,' 'The Wizard Of Oz,' 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' the 'Dungeons & Dragons' cartoon on Saturday morning in the '80s. — Lev Grossman

So each one of you agrees to disagree with whatever the other one agrees with, but if you both disagree with the same thing, aren't you really in agreement? — Norton Juster