Today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.
I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting.
You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant; to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a thin man.
People laughed less and grumbled more, sang less and shouted more, and the sounds they made grew louder and uglier. It became difficult to hear even the birds or the breeze, and soon everyone stopped...
Oh, don't worry about that, said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. We use the broken ones for fractions.
I never knew words could be so confusing, Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog’s ear. Only when you use a lot to say a little, answered Tock.
I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all it must be the right road, and if it doesn't it must be the right road to somewhere else, because there ar...
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,
Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.
Just follow that line forever, said the Mathemagician, and when you reach the end, turn left. There you'll find the land of Infinity, where the tallest, the shortest, the biggest, the smallest, and th...
You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than right for the wrong reasons.
You must excuse my gruff conduct, the watchdog said, after they’d been driving for some time, but you see it’s traditional for watchdogs to be ferocious.
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...
We’re not interested in making sense; it’s not our job.
Well, almost nothing, or depending on your generosity of spirit, hardly anything, for he could hitch an ox and plough a furrow straight or thatch a roof or hone his scythe until the edge was bright an...
We're right here on this very spot. Besides, 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.
Very serious, very serious, the gateman said, shaking his head also. You can’t get in without a reason. He thought for a moment and then continued. Wait a minute; maybe I have an old one you can use....
They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo.Carry this with you on your journey, he said softl...