“The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don’t care if they make sense or nonsense.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the living room, and covered in tinsel, while the trees opened our presents."
"What does that have to do with it?" asked Milo.
"Nothing at all," he answered, "but it's an interesting possibility, don't you think?”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
"What does that have to do with it?" asked Milo.
"Nothing at all," he answered, "but it's an interesting possibility, don't you think?”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
― The Wide Window
― The Wide Window
“It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.”
― The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
― The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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