The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes
Children's books, Fantasy books, American novels
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“Time is a gift.”
“Many of the things which can never be, often are.”
“If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.”
“There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.”
“It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time.”
“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”
“The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.”
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
“What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”
“There are no wrong roads to anywhere. Except the that leads you to a car crash.”
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes, as long as you learn from them.”
“Whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else.”
“Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.”
“Wikipedia: The Phantom Tollbooth”
“Well, since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.”
“But it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn at all that matters.”
“You know that it's there, but you just don't know where - but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.”
“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 the toy is quite rusty.”