“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. “You’ll find,” he remarked gently, “that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that’s hardly worth the effort.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
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