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I was recently browsing through the children's section of my local library and happened on The Phantom Tollbooth, one of those books that it seems everybody else read in school, but I never did. (BTW I have an 8-year old so I have an excuse to browse the children's section, although half of what I check out is for me, not her.) The Phantom Tollbooth is chock full of good lines, but I'm taking these as my writer's motto:
quote:"I never knew words could be so confusing," said Milo. . . . "Only when you use a lot to say a little," replied Tock.
I already returned the book so I'm paraphrasing, but I'm going to post these lines near my computer so I can see them as I write. I fall in love with words sometimes, so I have to remind myself that clarity is the key, and usually less is more, if you'll forgive the cliches.
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Aw, I love that book! I read it for the first time when I was probably too old to feel the way I did about it, but I just thought it was the most amazing thing ever.
I'm the type of person that often finds herself hurrying with her head down, so there you go.
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