Read the quotations below from Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. Match each one with
the theme or lesson it suggests.
Starting from scratch can help you
reach an answer.
Not knowing the limits of what
can be done sometimes allows
you to achieve more.
Quotation
"So many things are possible just as
long as you don't know they're
impossible."
"I often find," he casually explained
to his dazed visitors, "that the best
way to get from one place to another
is to erase everything and begin
again."
"What you learn today, for no reason
at all, will help you discover all the
wonderful secrets of tomorrow,"
In school he longed to be out, and
when he was out he longed to be in.
On the way he thought about coming
home, and coming home he thought
about going.
You cannot always see the
purpose of what you are studying.
No matter what you're doing,
something else always seems
more appealing.
Theme