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.
Every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not.
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 certainly must be very old to have reached the ground already. Oh no, said Milo seriously. In my family we all start on the ground and grow up, and we never know how far until we actually get ther...
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 it's quite rusty.
Where is the sound? someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, It's on the tip of my t...
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...
Oh, don't worry about that, said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. We use the broken ones for fractions.
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...
No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at l...
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 am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit. The
Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you’re going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not...
Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.
Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.
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 words grew on trees, said Milo timidly.Where did you think they grew?...
But that can never be, said Milo, jumping to his feet.Don't be too sure, said the child patiently, for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that man...
Before long they saw in the distance the towers and flags of Dictionopolis sparkling in the sunshine, and in a few moments they reached the great wall and stood at the gateway to the city.A-H-H-H-R-R-...