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The Lorax Quotes
30 of the best book quotes from The Lorax
01
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“The old Once-ler still lives here. Ask him. He knows.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
wisdom
ᐧ
knowledge
concepts
02
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“Then he grunts, ‘I will call you by Whisper-Ma-Phone, for the secrets I tell are for your ears alone.‘”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
secrets
concept
03
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“Describe him? That’s hard, I don’t know if I can.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
difficulties
concept
04
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“Get over here fast! Take the road to North Nitch. Turn left at Weehawken. Sharp right at South Stitch.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
hurrying
ᐧ
directions
concepts
05
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“And I first saw the trees! The Truffula trees! The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula trees! Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
mornings
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trees
concepts
06
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“I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
innocence
ᐧ
business
ᐧ
growth
concepts
07
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“He’ll tell you, perhaps . . . if you’re willing to pay.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
secrets
ᐧ
money
concepts
08
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“On the end of a rope he lets down a tin pail and you have to toss in fifteen cents and a nail and the shell of a great-great-great- grandfather snail.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
money
ᐧ
grandparents
concepts
09
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“Sir! You are crazy with greed. There is no one on earth that would buy that fool Thneed!”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
selfishness
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foolishness
concepts
10
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“Then he pulls up the pail, makes a most careful count to see if you’ve paid him the proper amount.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
money
concept
11
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″[B]usiness is business! And business must grow regardless of crummies in tummies, you know.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
selfishness
ᐧ
business
concepts
12
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“And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
food
concept
13
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“A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
needs
concept
14
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“And on special dank midnights in August, he peeks out of the shutters and sometimes he speaks.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
night
ᐧ
talking
concepts
15
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“It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove. It’s a hat.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
resourceful
concept
16
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“I called all my brothers and uncles and aunts and I said, ‘Listen here! Here’s a wonderful chance for the whole Once-ler Family to get mighty rich.‘”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
family
ᐧ
money
concepts
17
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“I went right on biggering . . . selling more Thneeds. And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
money
ᐧ
size
concepts
18
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“I felt a great leaping of joy in my heart.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
happiness
concept
19
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“And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
talking
ᐧ
bossiness
concepts
20
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“No one can sing who has smog in his throat.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
music
concept
21
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“That was long, long ago. But each day since that day I’ve sat here and worried and worried away.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
worries
concept
22
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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
the environment
concept
23
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“It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
value
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worth
ᐧ
potential
concepts
24
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“A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
trees
concept
25
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“I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
the environment
ᐧ
trees
concepts
26
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″ Way back in the days when the grass was still green and the pond was still wet and the clouds were still clean,”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
Once-ler
character
the environment
ᐧ
earth
ᐧ
destroying
concepts
27
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″ I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. ”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
Lorax
character
nature
ᐧ
trees
ᐧ
earth
ᐧ
advocacy
ᐧ
stewardship
ᐧ
cares a lot
concepts
28
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″ Then we heard the tree fall, the very last Truffula Tree of them all! ”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
Once-ler
character
nature
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destroying
ᐧ
environments
ᐧ
extinctions
concepts
29
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″ In no time at all, I had built a small shop. Then I chopped down a Truffula Tree with one chop. ”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
Once-ler
character
nature
ᐧ
the environment
ᐧ
ease
ᐧ
destroying
concepts
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“You’re glumping the pond where the Humming-fish hummed! No more can they hum, for their gills are all glummed! ”
Dr. Seuss
author
The Lorax
book
Lorax
ᐧ
Once-ler
characters
nature
ᐧ
the environment
ᐧ
hostile environment
ᐧ
destroying
concepts
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Jungle Book
wisdom
knowledge
secrets
difficulties
hurrying
directions
mornings
trees
innocence
business
growth
money
grandparents
selfishness
foolishness
food
needs
night
talking
resourceful
family
size
happiness
bossiness
music
worries
the environment
value
worth
potential
earth
destroying
Once-ler
nature
advocacy
stewardship
Lorax
cares a lot
environments
extinctions
ease
hostile environment
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