The Phantom Tollbooth
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Wherever he was
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he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered.
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It's easy to get caught up in what you think should be. Not realizing what you have
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As he and his unhappy thoughts hurried along (for while he was never anxious to be where he was going, he liked to get there as quickly as possible) it seemed a great wonder that the world, which was so large, could sometimes feel so small and empty.
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Anxiety
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YOUR WASTED
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TIME WILL BE REFUNDED.”
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If only...
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Haha!
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“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.
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“You can get in a lot of trouble mixing up words or just not knowing how to spell them.
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Very true
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An Ill-chosen Word Is the Fool’s Messenger.
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Silence Is Golden.
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A classic
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always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.”