Norton Juster Quotes About Eyes

Quotes about: Eyes

• But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

  Norton Juster

  Eye, Ifs

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.112, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• 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.

  Norton Juster

  Life, Real, Eye

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.101, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. "Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he said. "For instance, 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." "Then where is Reality?" barked Tock. "Right here,"cried Alec, waving his arms.

  Norton Juster

  Real, Eye, Arms

• 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 softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star — and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.

  Norton Juster

  Stars, Eye, Journey

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.112, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

  Norton Juster

  Eye, Phantom Tollbooth, Noticing

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.112, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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