Ali to je samo velika olovka, usprotivio se Uholaž i u nju kucnuo štapom za šetnju.To je istina, suglasio se Matemagičar, ali kad se jednom naučiš njome služiti, onda nema kraja onom što možeš učiniti...
The front seat with his alarm again ringing furiously. Are you all right? shouted Milo. Umphh, grunted Tock. Sorry to get carried away, but I think you get the point. As they drove along, Tock continu...
It seemed a great wonder that the world, which was so large, could sometimes feel so small and empty.
Changes are so frightening.
You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.
You see, continued the minister, bowing thankfully to the duke, Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They’re grown right here in our orchards. I didn’t know that word...
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.
When he had repeated them often enough, they became a decision.
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.- Humbug
There’s lots to do; we have a very busy schedule—— At 8 o’clock we get up, and then we spend From 8 to 9 daydreaming. From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap. From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and...
There's nothing to it, they all said in chorus, if you have a magic staff. Then six of them cancelled themselves out and simply disappeared.But it's only a big pencil, the Humbug objected, tapping at...
Rhyme and reason answer all problems
Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that. What happens to them? insiste...
I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them.-Tock
I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words,' objected Milo. 'Of course, of course, everyone here does,' the king grunted. 'You should have made a tastier speech.
For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many. - Which Macabre
But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.
Bolje upasti u riječ nego u bunar.
Being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not knowing where you aren't—and I don't care at all about where I'm not.- Alec
And you are almost never right about anything,' he said, pointing at the Humbug. 'and, when you are, it's usually an accident.