It's completely logical, " explained the Dodecahedron. "The more you want, the less you get, and the less you get, the more you have. Simple arithmetic, that's all. Suppose you had something and added something to it. What would that make?"" More, " said Milo quickly." Quite correct, " he nodded. "Now suppose you had something and added nothing to it. What would you have?"" The same, " he answered again, without much conviction. "Splendid, " cried the Dodecahedron. "And suppose you had something and added less than nothing to it. What would you have then?"" F A M I N E! " roared the anguished Humbug, who suddenly realized that that was exactly what he'd eaten twenty-three bowls of. . Norton Juster
It's not reasonable to love people who are only going to die, " she said. Nash thought about that for a moment, stroking Small's neck with great deliberation, as if the fate of the Dells depended on that smooth, careful movement." I have two responses...
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Kristin Cashore
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
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Douglas Adams
Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.
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Deepak Chopra
[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not.
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C.s. Lewis
How do you feel right now?" "I hurt like hell."" You'll feel worse tomorrow."" So?"" So, better get a jump on this while you still feel...not as bad."" What kind of logic is that?" I retorted.
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Richelle Mead
More Quotes By Norton Juster
... 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 than real ones.
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.
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our...
