“The more you read, the more things you will know.”

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

“When you think things are bad,when you feel sour and blue,when you start to get mad...you should do what I do!Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!Some people are much more...oh, ever so much more...oh, muchly much-much moreunlucky than you!”

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”

“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”

“Don't grumble! Don't stew!Some critters are much-much,Oh, ever so much-muchSo muchly much-much more unlucky than you!”

“You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”