You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

A life is a life no matter how small.

Oh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn’t be there at all.

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.

I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult.

If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn’t show up.

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: stink. Stank. Stunk.

I know I am in love because I am finding it difficult to fall asleep nowadays. This is because after having you around me now I find that reality is better than dreams.

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

I said, “I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them.” I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

Poor empty pants
With nobody inside them.

Be awesome! Be a book nut!

I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.

Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.

The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

Adults are just outdated children.

One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.

I will not eat them in a house, I will not eat them with a mouse, I will not eat them in a box I will not eat them with a fox, I will not eat them here of there I will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them sam I am.

Don’t grumble! Don’t stew!
Some critters are much-much,
Oh, ever so much-much
So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

“You can do better than this.” The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be “We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.”

You have to be a speedy reader ’cause there’s so, so much to read!

And the turtles, of course…all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We cannot pick it up.
There is no way at all!

Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you’re not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.

Young cat! If you keep
Your eyes open enough,
Oh, the stuff you will learn!
The most wonderful stuff!

NOW the letters he uses are something to see!
Most people stop at the Z…
But not HE!

You can stop, if you want, with the Z.
Because most people stop with the Z.
But not me!!!
In the places I go, there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.

I know all the twenty-six letters like that through to Z is for Zebra. I know them all well. So not I know everything anyone knows from beginning to end. From the start to the close. Because Z is as far as the alphabet goes.

Then we go on to SNEE. And the SNEE is for Sneedle,
A terrible kind of ferocious mos-keedle
Whose hum-dinger stinger is sharp as a needle.

So you see! There’s no end to the things you might know, depending how far beyond Zebra you go!

My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!

So, on beyond Zebra! Explore! Like Columbus! Discover new letters! Like WUM is for Wumbus.

I guess the old alphabet isn’t enough!

Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You’ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around!

My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn’t make it up!

Unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.

Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how.

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, ‘Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!’

The moon was out and I saw some sheep.
I saw some sheep take a walk in their sleep.
By the light of the moon, by the light of a star,
They walked all night from near to far.
I would never walk, I would take a car.

When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles…
…they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle.

Children’s reading and children’s thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.

My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant’s bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: “To eat these things,” said my uncle, “You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what’s solid, but you must spit out the air!” And as you partake of the world’s bill of fare, that’s darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.

When at last we are sure
You’ve been properly pilled,
Then a few paper forms
Must be properly filled
So that you and your heirs
May be properly billed.

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.

The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall?
The Once-ler: Uh, down?
The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!

And why is it so many things go to the Right? You can think about THAT until Saturday night.

You can think about Night, a night in Na-Nupp. The birds are asleep and the three moons are up.

You can think up some birds. That’s what you can do. You can think about yellow or think about blue.

Think of black water. Think up a white sky. Think up a boat. Think of BLOOGS blowing by.

Think! Think a ship. Think up a long trip.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!

THINK! You can think any THINK that you wish… Think a race on a horse on a ball with a fish!

Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that’s because he’s guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.

So, on beyond Z!
It’s high time you were shown
That you really don’t know
All there is to be known.

In my world, everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!

If you want to get things you can’t buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before.

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.

It’s a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not.

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO! You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

With banner flip-flapping,
one more you’ll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you’re that kind of a guy!

Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don’t worry, don’t stew.
Just go right along, you’ll start happening too!

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

And you may not find any [streets] you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch
And your gang will fly on.
You’ll be left in a Lurch.

The Waiting Place…for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you’ll be quite a lot.

You’ll look up and down the streets. Look ’em over with care. About some you will say, ‘I don’t choose to go there.’ With your

I’m sorry to say so
but, sadly, it’s true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though

You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed,

Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you’ll be best

Fame! You’ll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don’t
Because, sometimes they won’t.

I’m afraid

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.
A place you could sprain both your

When you’re in a Slump,
you’re not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

And when you’re alone, there’s a very good chance
you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between

You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when

Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So…
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!

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

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” You have more potential than you believe you do.

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can fifty-five elephants drink?

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.

Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.

I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.

We’ve taught you that the earth is round, That red and white make pink, And something else that matters more – We’ve taught you how to think.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

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 give up! I believe in you all.
A person’s a person, no matter how small!
And you very small persons will not have to die
If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

Don’t live to please everyone. Embrace those who enjoy your company and to hell with the haters.

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the THINKS you can think up if only you try!

I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become. That’s not a seed, any more than you’re just a boy.

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.

I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I’m not just a clam, or a ham, or a dusty jar of sour gooseberry

If you don’t like me, remember it’s mind over matter. I don’t mind, and you don’t matter.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

Life’s just one great journey. It’s a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They’re the people who matter.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Today is gone. Today was fun.
Tomorrow is another one.
Every day,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.

Take every chance, drop every fear.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday.

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

Sometimes crazy just isn’t enough.

There are so many THINKS that a thinker can think!

Only you can control your future.

Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.

Be yourself and the people that don’t mind are the people that matter.

Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.

Don’t conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

Sometimes you will never know the value of something, until it becomes a memory.

On and on you will hike, And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

I ran in the house and I fell in a heap.
I needed my rest, but I just couldn’t sleep…
I tossed and I flipped and I

Sleep is like the unicorn – it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any.