Seuss Quotes by Chapter
Chapter 1
“Being crazy isn't enough.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 2 A World Within a World
“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 3 Hats
“Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 4 Melody and a Not Recommended Search
“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 5 Translations and a Round Table
“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 6 Dr. Seuss and Jade the Jewel“Every Girl Should have a Unicorn” Theodore Seuss Geisel Art
Chapter 7 Good Times
“It took me almost a quarter of a century to find the proper way to get my words and pictures married. At Dartmouth I couldn’t even get them engaged.” April 01, 1976, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, published interview with Seuss under the title “Words and Pictures Married: The Beginnings of Dr. Seuss: A Conversation with Theodor S. Geisel.”(Thank you Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for reprint permissions)
Chapter 8 Acrobatics
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 9 Open-Mic
“You may swallow down what’s solid … BUT … you must spit out the air!” June 1977, Theodor Seuss Geisel commencement address to Lake Forest College graduates
Chapter 10 Disappearing Act
“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 11 Tigre and a Change of Mood
“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.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 12 Tijuana
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 13 Wolves Den and Querencia
“He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 14 “J” and Spying
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 15 Tijuana club and a Taco Stand
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote.
Chapter 16 Adjust and Conquer
“The storm starts, when the drops start dropping, when the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 17 Trip to TJ/Marking your Territory
“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.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 18 Cycles and Seasons
“We can count on there being a summer but will it start with a Grinch on our tail, or will it be an extra super warm and sunny place to go?” a Deamer Seussism
Chapter 19 Moment of Truth
“Only you can control your future.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 20 Reflections
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote
Chapter 21 Epilog
“If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.” Theodore Seuss Geisel, attributed quote