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The Phantom Tollbooth


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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. That way I can hold four jobs at once. As you can see though, I'm neither tall nor short nor fat nor thin. In fact, I'm quote ordinary, but there are so many ordinary men that no one asks their opinion about anything.

— Fattest thin man in the world

"You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons."

— Princess of Pure Reason