Is everyone with one face called a Milo?""Oh no, " Milo replied; "some are called Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things."" How terribly confusing, " he cried. "Everything here is called exactly what it is. The triangles are called triangles, the circles are called circles, and even the same numbers have the same name. Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things? You'd have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four's name were Albert, things would be hopeless."" I never thought of it that way, " Milo admitted." Then I suggest you begin at once, " admonished the Dodecahedron from his admonishing face, "for here in Digitopolis everything is quite precise. . Norton Juster
I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue. Now, I can’t look at your name without an abundance of sentiment attached to each lettter. Your name, which I played with so carelessly, so easily, has somehow become...
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Coco J. Ginger
Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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J.k. Rowling
Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.
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Neil Gaiman
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
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Rick Riordan
There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd like you to meet the girl of my dreams, Tragedy.' These days, Trajedi.
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George Carlin
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...
