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Reeling And Writhing Of Course, To Begin With,' The Mock Turtle Replied, 'and The Different Branches Of Arithmetic-ambition, Distraction, Uglification, And Derision.

Who Did You Pass On The Road?" The King Went On, Holding Out His Hand To The Messenger For Some More Hay. "nobody," Said The Messenger. "quite Right," Said The King; "this Young Lady Saw Him Too. So Of Course Nobody Walks Slower Than You." "i Do My Best," The Messenger Said In A Sullen Tone. "i'm Sure Nobody Walks Much Faster Than I Do!" "he Can't Do That," Said The King, "or Else He'd Have Been Here First.

What Do You Suppose Is The Use Of A Child Without Any Meaning? Even A Joke Should Have Some Meaning-- And A Child's More Imporant Than A Joke, I Hope. You Couldn't Deny That, Even If You Tried With Both Hands.

I Try To Believe In As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Count Them, Alice. One, There Are Drinks That Make You Shrink. Two, There Are Foods That Make You Grow. Three, Animals Can Talk. Four, Cats Can Disappear. Five, There Is A Place Called Underland. Six, I Can Slay The Jabberwocky.

The Hurrier I Go, The Behinder I Get.

One Of The Secrets Of Life Is That All That Is Really Worth The Doing Is What We Do For Others.

Magnitudes Are Algebraically Represented By Letter, Men By Men Of Letters, And So On.

Alice Tried Another Question. "what Sort Of People Live About Here?" "in That Direction," The Cat Said, Waving Its Right Paw Round, "lives A Hatter: And In That Direction," Waving The Other Paw, "lives A March Hare. Visit Either You Like: They're Both Mad." "but I Don't Want To Go Among Mad People," Alice Remarked. "oh, You Can't Help That," Said The Cat: "we're All Mad Here. I'm Mad. You're Mad." "how Do You Know I'm Mad?" Said Alice. "you Must Be," Said The Cat, "or You Wouldn't Have Come Here."

You Are Old Father William,' The Young Man Said, 'and Your Hair Has Become Very White; And Yet You Incessantly Stand On Your Head-do You Think, At Your Age, It Is Right?

You Could Not See A Cloud, Because No Cloud Was In The Sky: No Birds Were Flying Overhead - There Were No Birds To Fly.

You May Charge Me With Murder--or Want Of Sense-- (we Are All Of Us Weak At Times): But The Slightest Approach To A False Pretence Was Never Among My Crimes!

Can You Row?" The Sheep Asked, Handing Her A Pair Of Knitting-needles As She Spoke. "yes, A Little--but Not On Land--and Not With Needles--" Alice Was Beginning To Say.

Be What You Would Seem To Be - Or, If You'd Like It Put More Simply - Never Imagine Yourself Not To Be Otherwise Than What It Might Appear To Others That What You Were Or Might Have Been Was Not Otherwise Than What You Had Been Would Have Appeared To Them To Be Otherwise.

For First You Write A Sentence, And Then You Chop It Small; Then Mix The Bits And Sort Them Out Just As They Chance To Fall: The Order Of The Phrases Makes No Difference At All.

Five O'clock Tea" Is A Phrase Our "rude Forefathers," Even Of The Last Generation, Would Scarcely Have Understood, So Completelyis It A Thing Of To-day; And Yet, So Rapid Is The March Of The Mind, It Has Already Risen Into A National Institution, And Rivals, In Its Universal Application To All Ranks And Ages, And As A Specific For "all The Ills That Flesh Is Heir To," The Glorious Magna Charta.

So She Sat On With Closed Eyes, And Half Believed Herself In Wonderland, Though She Knew She Had But To Open Them Again, And All Would Change To Dull Reality.

Alice Was Beginning To Get Very Tired Of Sitting By Her Sister On The Bank, And Of Having Nothing To Do: Once Or Twice She Had Peeped Into The Book Her Sister Was Reading, But It Had No Pictures Or Conversations In It, “and What Is The Use Of A Book,” Thought Alice, “without Pictures Or Conversation?

Well That Was The Silliest Tea Party I Ever Went To! I Am Never Going Back There Again!

The Vast Unfathomable Sea Is But A Notion-unto Me.

Where One Is Hopelessly Undecided As To What To Say, There (as Confucius Would Have Said, If They Had Given Him The Opportunity) Silence Is Golden.

To The Looking-glass World It Was Alice That Said 'i've A Sceptre In Hand, I've A Crown On My Head. Let The Looking-glass Creatures, Whatever They Be, Come And Dine With The Red Queen, The White Queen, And Me.

Some Children Have The Most Disagreeable Way Of Getting Grown-up

Do You Hear The Snow Against The Windowpanes, Kitty? How Nice And Soft It Sounds! Just As If Some One Was Kissing The Window All Over Outside. I Wonder If The Snow Loves The Trees And Fields, That It Kisses Them So Gently? And Then It Covers Them Up Snug, You Know, With A White Quilt; And Perhaps It Says, 'go To Sleep, Darlings, Till The Summer Comes Again.' And When They Wake Up In The Summer, Kitty, They Dress Themselves All In Green, And Dance About - Whenever The Wind Blows.

In A Wonderland They Lie, Dreaming As The Days Go By, Dreaming As The Summers Die: Ever Drifting Down The Stream- Lingering In The Golden Gleam- Life, What Is It But A Dream?

Well, When One's Lost, I Suppose It's Good Advice To Stay Where You Are Until Someone Finds You.

That Which Chiefly Causes The Failure Of A Dinner-party, Is The Running Short--not Of Meat, Nor Yet Of Drink, But Of Conversation.

And Here Alice Began To Get Rather Sleepy, And Went On Saying To Herself, In A Dreamy Sort Of Way, 'do Cats Eat Bats? Do Cats Eat Bats?' And Sometimes, 'do Bats Eat Cats?' For, You See, As She Couldn't Answer Either Question, It Didn't Much Matter Which Way She Put It.

Would You Tell Me, Please, Which Way I Ought To Go From Here?" "that Depends A Good Deal On Where You Want To Get To." "i Don't Much Care Where –" "then It Doesn't Matter Which Way You Go.

And Thus They Give The Time, That Nature Meant For Peaceful Sleep And Meditative Snores, To Ceaseless Din And Mindless Merriment And Waste Of Shoes And Floors.

I Believe This Thought, Of The Possibility Of Death - If Calmly Realised, And Steadily Faced Would Be One Of The Best Possible Tests As To Our Going To Any Scene Of Amusement Being Right Or Wrong. If The Thought Of Sudden Death Acquires, For You, A Special Horror When Imagined As Happening In A Theatre, Then Be Very Sure The Theatre Is Harmful For You, However Harmless It May Be For Others; And That You Are Incurring A Deadly Peril In Going.

Must A Name Mean Something?" Alice Asked Doubtfully. Of Course It Must," Humpty Dumpty Said With A Short Laugh; "my Name Means The Shape I Am - And A Good Handsome Shape It Is, Too. With A Name Like Yours, You Might Be Any Shape, Almost.

Abstract Qualities Begin With Capitals Alway: The True, The Good, The Beautiful- Those Are The Things That Pay!

The Caterpillar And Alice Looked At Each Other For Some Time In Silence: At Last The Caterpillar Took The Hookah Out Of Its Mouth.

I Once Delivered A Simple Ball, Which I Was Told, Had It Gone Far Enough, Would Have Been Considered A Wide

Here Is A Golden Rule.... Write Legibly. The Average Temper Of The Human Race Would Be Perceptibly Sweetened, If Everybody Obeyedthis Rule!

Forbid The Day When Vivisection Shall Be Practised In Every College And School, And When The Man Of Science, Looking Forth Over A World Which Will Then Own No Other Sway Than His, Shall Exult In The Thought That He Has Made Of This Fair Earth, If Not A Heaven, At Least A Hell For Animals.

It's A Large As Life And Twice As Natural

Through The Looking Glass

Without A Plan, It Doesn't Matter Which Way You're Going.

Beware The Jabberwock, My Son The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch! Beware The Jubjub Bird, And Shun The Frumious Bandersnatch!

Why, What A Temper You Are In!

First, I Hate All Theological Controversy: It Is Wearing To The Temper, And Is I Believe (at All Events When Viva Voce) Worse Than Useless.

Of Course It Is,’ Said The Duchess, Who Seemed Ready To Agree To Everything That Alice Said; ‘there’s A Large Mustard-mine Near Here. And The Moral Of That Is– “the More There Is Of Mine, The Less There Is Of Yours.

Will You Walk A Little Faster? Said A Whiting To A Snail, "there's A Porpoise Close Behind Us, And He's Treading On My Tail! See How Eagerly The Lobsters And The Turtles All Advance: They Are Waiting On The Shingle--will You Come And Join The Dance?

Mad Hatter: Would You Like A Little More Tea? Alice: Well, I Haven't Had Any Yet, So I Can't Very Well Take More. March Hare: Ah, You Mean You Can't Very Well Take Less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You Can Always Take More Than Nothing.

To Me It Seems That To Give Happiness Is A Far Nobler Goal That To Attain It: And That What We Exist For Is Much More A Matter Of Relations To Others Than A Matter Of Individual Progress: Much More A Matter Of Helping Others To Heaven Than Of Getting There Ourselves.

May We Not Then Sometimes Define Insanity As An Inability To Distinguish Which Is The Waking And Which The Sleeping Life? We Often Dream Without The Least Suspicion Of Unreality: 'sleep Hath Its Own World', And It Is Often As Lifelike As The Other.

For, You See, So Many Out-of-the-way Things Had Happened Lately, That Alice Had Begun To Think That Very Few Things Indeed Were Really Impossible.

I'd Give All The Wealth That Years Have Piled, The Slow Result Of Life's Decay, To Be Once More A Little Child For One Bright Summer Day.

You're Thinking About Something, My Dear, And That Makes You Forget To Talk.

"she Can't Do Subtraction." Said The White Queen. "can You Do Division? Divide A Loaf By A Knife-what's The Answer To That?" "i Suppose-" Alice Was Beginning, But The Red Queen Answered For Her. "bread-and-butter, Of Course."

Thy Loving Smile Will Surely Hail The Love-gift Of A Fairy Tale.

His Answer Trickled Through My Head Like Water Through A Sieve.

But I Was Thinking Of A Way To Feed Oneself On Batter, And So Go On From Day To Day Getting A Little Fatter.

I Don't Think..." Then You Shouldn't Talk, Said The Hatter.

I Could Tell You My Adventures—beginning From This Morning,” Said Alice A Little Timidly; “but It’s No Use Going Back To Yesterday, Because I Was A Different Person Then.

There's No Use In Comparing One's Feelings Between One Day And The Next; You Must Allow A Reasonable Interval, For The Direction Of Change To Show Itself.

I Know Who I Was When I Got Up This Morning, But I Think I Must Have Been Changed Several Times Since Then

'but I Don't Want To Go Among Mad People,' Said Alice. 'oh, You Can't Help That,' Said The Cat. 'we're All Mad Here.'

Whatever Is Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Well.

You Know," He (tweedledee) Added Very Gravely, "it's One Of The Most Serious Things That Can Possibly Happen To One In A Battle--to Get One's Head Cut Off." Pg. 199

Do You Know, I Always Thought Unicorns Were Fabulous Monsters, Too? I Never Saw One Alive Before!" Well, Now That We Have Seen Each Other," Said The Unicorn, "if You'll Believe In Me, I'll Believe In You.

"i See Nobody On The Road," Said Alice. "i Only Wish I Had Such Eyes," The King Remarked In A Fretful Tone. "to Be Able To See Nobody! And At That Distance Too! Why, It's As Much As I Can Do To See Real People, By This Light."

I Wish I Dared Dispense With All Costume. Naked Children Are So Perfectly Pure And Lovely; But Mrs. Grundy Would Be Furious - It Would Never Do.

‎you're Not The Same As You Were Before," He Said. You Were Much More... Muchier... You've Lost Your Muchness.

Be Sure The Safest Rule Is That We Should Not Dare To Live In Any Scene In Which We Dare Not Die.

Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk? - Mad Hatter I Haven't The Slightest Idea. - Alice

For The Snark Was A Boojum, You See.

All Too Soon Will Childhood Gay Realise Life's Sober Sadness. Let's Be Merry While We May, Innocent And Happy Fay! Elves Were Made For Gladness!

Come, My Child," I Said, Trying To Lead Her Away. "wish Good-bye To The Poor Hare, And Come And Look For Blackberries." "good-bye, Poor Hare!" Sylvie Obediently Repeated, Looking Over Her Shoulder At It As We Turned Away. And Then, All In A Moment, Her Self-command Gave Way. Pulling Her Hand Out Of Mine, She Ran Back To Where The Dead Hare Was Lying, And Flung Herself Down At Its Side In Such An Agony Of Grief As I Could Hardly Have Believed Possible In So Young A Child. "oh, My Darling, My Darling!" She Moaned, Over And Over Again. "and God Meant Your Life To Be So Beautiful!

My Hand Moves Because Certain Forces--electric, Magnetic, Or Whatever 'nerve-force' May Prove To Be--are Impressed On It By My Brain. This Nerve-force, Stored In The Brain, Would Probably Be Traceable, If Science Were Complete, To Chemical Forces Supplied To The Brain By The Blood, And Ultimately Derived From The Food I Eat And The Air I Breathe.

What A Strange World We Live In...said Alice To The Queen Of Hearts

'and How, Who Am I? I Will Remember, If I Can! I'm Determined To Do It!' But Being Determined Didn't Help Much.

He Said He Would Come In,' The White Queen Went On, `because He Was Looking For A Hippopotamus. Now, As It Happened, There Wasn't Such A Thing In The House, That Morning.' Is There Generally?' Alice Asked In An Astonished Tone. Well, Only On Thursdays,' Said The Queen.

Alice Had Begun With 'let's Pretend We're Kings And Queens;' And Her Sister, Who Liked Being Exact, Had Argued That They Couldn't, Because There Were Only Two Of Them, And Alice Hand Been Reduced At Last To Say, 'well, You Can Be One Of Them Then, And I'll Be The Rest.

She's Stark Raving Mad!

Sometimes I've Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast.

Now, Here, You See, It Takes All The Running You Can Do, To Keep In The Same Place. If You Want To Get Somewhere Else, You Must Run At Least Twice As Fast As That!

We're All Mad Here.

In A Wonderland They Lie, Dreaming As The Days Go By

The Cheshire Cat Only Grinned When It Saw Alice. It Looked Good-natured, She Thought: Still It Had Very Long Claws And A Great Many Teeth, So She Felt It Ought To Be Treated With Respect.

And Ever, As The Story Drained The Wells Of Fancy Dry, And Faintly Strove That Weary One To Put The Subject By, "the Rest Next Time--" "it Is Next Time!" The Happy Voice Cry. Thus Grew The Tale Of Wonderland

We Haven't Any And You're Too Young.

Alice In Wonderland Book

Alice In Wonderland Tea

This Was Charming, No Doubt; But They Shortly Found Out That The Captain They Trusted So Well Had Only One Notion For Crossing The Ocean, And That Was To Tingle His Bell.

The Further Off From England The Nearer Is To France- Then Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail, But Come And Join The Dance.

Everybody Has Won, And All Must Have Prizes.

Alice Adventures In Wonderland

If You Do Not Know Where You Want To Go, It Doesn't Matter Which Path You Take.

You Couldn't Have It If You Did Want It.

Through The Looking Glass

Death Is Always Sad, I Suppose, To Us Who Look Forward To It: I Expect It Will Seem Very Different When We Can Look Back Upon It.

She [alice] Went On "and How Do You Know That You're Mad?" "to Begin With," Said The Cat, "a Dog's Not Mad. You Grant That?" "i Suppose So," Said Alice. "well, Then," The Cat Went On, "you See, A Dog Growls When It's Angry, And Wags It's Tail When It's Pleased. Now I Growl When I'm Pleased, And Wag My Tail When I'm Angry. Therefore I'm Mad."

Twas Brillig, And The Slithy Toves Did Gyre And Gimble In The Wabe: All Mimsy Were The Borogoves, And The Mome Raths Outgrabe.

Through The Looking Glass

Where Do You Come From? And Where Are You Going? Look Up, Speak Nicely, And Don't Twiddle Your Fingers All The Time.

Be Who You Are, Said The Duchess To Alice, Or, If You Would Like It Put More Simply, Never Try To Be What You Might Have Been Or Could Have Been Other Than What You Should Have Been.

I Do Not Know If Alice In Wonderland Was An Original Story-i Was, At Least, No Conscious Imitator In Writing It-but I Do Know That, Since It Came Out, Something Like A Dozen Story-books Have Appeared, On Identically The Same Pattern. The Path I Timidly Explored Believing Myself To Be 'the First That Ever Burst Into That Silent Sea'-is Now A Beaten High-road: All The Way-side Flowers Have Long Ago Been Trampled Into The Dust: And It Would Be Courting Disaster For Me To Attempt That Style Again.

I Wish I Could Manage To Be Glad! Only I Never Can Remember The Rule. You Must Be Very Happy, Living In This Wood, And Being Glad Whenever You Like!

Courtesy Is A Small Act But It Packs A Mighty Wallop.

I'm Not Strange, Weird, Off, Nor Crazy, My Reality Is Just Different From Yours.

Contrariwise, If It Was So, It Might Be; And If It Were So, It Would Be; But As It Isn't, It Ain't. That's Logic.

Mathematical Logic

'what Is The Use Of A Book', Thought Alice, 'without Pictures Or Conversations?'

In Fact, Now I Come To Think Of It, Do We Decide Questions, At All? We Decide Answers, No Doubt: But Surely The Questions Decide Us? It Is The Dog, You Know, That Wags The Tail--not The Tail That Wags The Dog.

But Oh, Beamish Nephew, Beware Of The Day, If Your Snark Be A Boojum! For Then You Will Softly And Suddenly Vanish Away, And Never Be Met With Again!

It Takes All The Running You Can Do Just To Keep In The Same Place.

Do Let's Pretend That I'm A Hungry Hyena, And You're A Bone!

One Of The Hardest Things In The World Is To Convey A Meaning Accurately From One Mind To Another.

Who Can Tell Whether The Parallelogram, Which In Our Ignorance We Have Defined And Drawn, And The Whole Of Whose Properties We Profess To Know, May Not Be All The While Panting For Exterior Angles, Sympathetic With The Interior, Or Sullenly Repining At The Fact That It Cannot Be Inscribed In A Circle?

If You’ll Believe In Me, I’ll Believe In You.

I Wonder If The Snow Loves The Trees And Fields, That It Kisses Them So Gently? And Then It Covers Them Up Snug, You Know, With A White Quilt; And Perhaps It Says "go To Sleep, Darlings, Till The Summer Comes Again.

I Think I Should Understand That Better, If I Had It Written Down: But I Can't Quite Follow It As You Say It.

I Said You Looked Like An Egg, Sir. And Some Eggs Are Very Pretty, You Know.

Through The Looking Glass

The Queen Of Hearts, She Made Some Tarts, All On A Summer Day: The Knave Of Hearts, He Stole Those Tarts, And Took Them Quite Away!

She Generally Gave Herself Very Good Advice, (though She Very Seldom Followed It).

And As To Being In A Fright, Allow Me To Remark That Ghosts Have Just As Good A Right In Every Way, To Fear The Light, As Men To Fear The Dark.

The Rule Is, Jam Tomorrow And Jam Yesterday-but Never Jam Today It Must Come Sometime To Jam Today, Alice Objected No It Can't Said The Queen It's Jame Every Other Day. Today Isn't Any Other Day, You Know

There Are Three Hundred And Sixty-four Days When You Might Get Un-birthday Presents, And Only One For Birthday Presents, You Know.

In Proceeding To The Dining-room, The Gentleman Gives One Arm To The Lady He Escorts--it Is Unusual To Offer Both.

You're Thinking About Something, My Dear, And That Makes You Forget To Talk. I Can't Tell You Just Now What The Moral Of That Is, But I Shall Remember It In A Bit." "perhaps It Hasn't One," Alice Ventured To Remark. "tut, Tut, Child!" Said The Duchess. "everything's Got A Moral, If Only You Can Find It.

"well, It's No Use Your Talking About Waking Him," Said Tweedledum, "when You're Only One Of The Things In His Dream. You Know Very Well You're Not Real."

That's The Reason They're Called Lessons, Because They Lesson From Day To Day.

Curiouser And Curiouser.

Everything Is Funny, If You Can Laugh At It.

Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?

Who Are You?" This Was Not An Encouraging Opening For A Conversation. Alice Replied, Rather Shyly, I--i Hardly Know, Sir, Just At Present-- At Least I Know Who I Was When I Got Up This Morning, But I Think I Must Have Been Changed Several Times Since Then.

Humpty Dumpty Sat On The Wall Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall All The King's Horses And All The King's Men Couldn't Put Humpty Together Again

Yet What Are All Such Gaieties To Me Whose Thoughts Are Full Of Indices And Surds?

It's Jam Every Other Day: To-day Isn't Any Other Day, You Know.

Through The Looking Glass

There Comes A Pause, For Human Strength Will Not Endure To Dance Without Cessation; And Everyone Must Reach The Point At Length Of Absolute Prostration.

I Am Fond Of Children - Except Boys.

"try Another Subtraction Sum. Take A Bone From A Dog: What Remains?" [asked The Red Queen] Alice Considered. "the Bone Wouldn't Remain, Of Course, If I Took It-and The Dog Wouldn't Remain; It Would Come To Bite Me-and I'm Sure I Shouldn't Remain!" "then You Think Nothing Would Remain?" Said The Red Queen. "i Think That's The Answer." "wrong, As Usual," Said The Red Queen, "the Dog's Temper Would Remain."

I Maintain That Any Writer Of A Book Is Fully Authorised In Attaching Any Meaning He Likes To A Word Or Phrase He Intends To Use. If I Find An Author Saying, At The Beginning Of His Book, "let It Be Understood That By The Word 'black' I Shall Always Mean 'white,' And By The Word 'white' I Shall Always Mean 'black,'" I Meekly Accept His Ruling, However Injudicious I Think It.

Ill Try The Whole Cause, And Condemn You To Death.

If You Want To Inspire Confidence, Give Plenty Of Statistics. It Does Not Matter That They Should Be Accurate, Or Even Intelligible, As Long As There Is Enough Of Them.

'o Tiger-lily,' Said Alice... 'i Wish You Could Talk!' 'we Can Talk,' Said The Tiger-lily: 'when There's Anybody Worth Talking To."

So Young A Child Ought To Know Which Way She's Going, Even If She Doesn't Know Her Own Name!

...those Serpents! There's No Pleasing Them!

Domestic Violence

Why Is It That People With The Most Narrow Of Minds Seem To Have The Widest Of Mouths?

Alice: This Is Impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only If You Believe It Is.

One Can't Believe Impossible Things.

Impossible Things

And How Do You Know That You're Mad?

Alice In Wonderland Alice

Soup Of The Evening, Beautiful Soup!

I Mean, What Is An Un-birthday Present?" A Present Given When It Isn't Your Birthday, Of Course." Alice Considered A Little. "i Like Birthday Presents Best," She Said At Last. You Don't Know What You're Talking About!" Cried Humpty Dumpty. "how Many Days Are There In A Year?" Three Hundred And Sixty-five," Said Alice. And How Many Birthdays Have You?" One.

She Was A Little Startled By Seeing The Cheshire Cat Sitting On A Bough Of A Tree A Few Yards Off. The Cat Only Grinned When It Saw Alice.

I Give Myself Very Good Advice, But I Very Seldom Follow It.

Plain Superficiality Is The Character Of A Speech, In Which Any Two Points Being Taken, The Speaker Is Found To Lie Wholly With Regard To Those Two Points.

'what's The Use Of Their Having Names The Gnat Said, 'if They Won't Answer To Them?' 'no Use To Them,' Said Alice; 'but It's Useful To The People Who Name Them, I Suppose. If Not, Why Do Things Have Names At All?' 'i Can't Say,' The Gnat Replied.

A Thick Stick In One's Hand Makes People Respectful.

A Minute Goes By So Fearfully Quick. You Might As Well Try To Stop A Bandersnatch!

People Who Don't Think Shouldn't Talk.

You Used To Be Much More..."muchier." You've Lost Your Muchness.

You Won't Make Yourself A Bit Realer By Crying.

Through The Looking Glass

The Proper Definition Of A Man Is An Animal That Writes Letters.

'the Time Has Come,' The Walrus Said, 'to Talk Of Many Things: Of Shoes And Ships - And Sealing Wax - Of Cabbages And Kings.'

It Is Always Allowable To Ask For Artichoke Jelly With Your Boiled Venison; However There Are Houses Where This Is Not Supplied.

And If He Left Off Dreaming About You, Where Do You Suppose You'd Be?

Through The Looking Glass

It's Always Tea-time.

'when I Use A Word,' Humpty Dumpty Said In Rather A Scornful Tone, 'it Means Just What I Choose It To Mean - Neither More Nor Less.'

It Often Runs In Families," She Remarked: "just As A Love For Pastry Does.

Which Form Of Proverb Do You Prefer Better Late Than Never, Or Better Never Than Late?

Better Late Than Never

A Tale Begun In Other Days, When Summer Suns Were Glowing - A Simple Chime, That Served To Time The Rhythm Of Your Rowing - Whose Echoes Live In Memory Yet, Though Envious Years Would Say 'forget.

Child Of The Pure, Unclouded Brow And Dreaming Eyes Of Wonder.

Anon, To Sudden Silence Won, In Fancy They Pursue The Dream-child Moving Through The Land Of Wonders Wild And New, In Friendly Chat With Bird Or Beast - And Half Believe It True.

And If You Take One From Three Hundred And Sixty-five What Remains?" "three Hundred And Sixty-four, Of Course." Humpty Dumpty Looked Doubtful, "i'd Rather See That Done On Paper," He Said.

There Ought To Be A Book Written About Me, That There Ought!

Alice In Wonderland Alice

Alice Adventures In Wonderland

You Have To Run As Fast As You Can Just To Stay Where You Are. If You Want To Get Anywhere, You'll Have To Run Much Faster.

If I Was Not Assured By The Best Authority On Earth That The World Is To Be Destroyed By Fire, I Should Conclude That The Day Of Destruction Is At Hand, But Brought On By Means Of An Agent Very Opposite To That Of Heat.

'speak When You're Spoken To!' The Queen Sharply Interrupted Her. 'but If Everybody Obeyed That Rule,' Said Alice, Who Was Always Ready For A Little Argument, 'and If You Only Spoke When You Were Spoken To, And The Other Person Always Waited For You To Begin, You See Nobody Would Ever Say Anything, So That - ' 'ridiculous!' Cried The Queen. 'why, Don't You See, Child - ' Here She Broke Off With A Frown, And, After Thinking For A Minute, Suddenly Changed The Subject Of The Conversation.

When, As A Child, I First Opened My Eyes On A Sunday-morning, A Feeling Of Dismal Anicipation, Which Began At Least On The Friday,culminated. I Knew What Was Before Me, And My Wish, If Not My Word, Was "would God It Were Evening!" It Was No Day Of Rest, But A Day Of Texts, Of Catechisms (watts'), Of Tracts About Converted Swearers, Godly Charwomen, And Edifying Deaths Of Sinners Saved.... There Was But One Rosy Spot, In The Distance, All That Day: And That Was "bed-time," Which Never Could Come Too Early!

I Have Proved By Actual Trial That A Letter, That Takes An Hour To Write, Takes Only About 3 Minutes To Read!

Whenever The Horse Stopped (which It Did Very Often), He Fell Off In Front; And, Whenever It Went On Again (which It Generally Did Rather Suddenly), He Fell Off Behind. Otherwise He Kept On Pretty Well, Except That He Had A Habit Of Now And Then Falling Off Sideways; And, As He Generally Did This On The Side On Which Alice Was Walking, She Soon Found That It Was The Best Plan Not To Walk Quite Close To The Horse.

When You Are Describing, A Shape, Or Sound, Or Tint; Don't State The Matter Plainly, But Put It In A Hint; And Learn To Look At All Things, With A Sort Of Mental Squint.

You Evidently Do Not Suffer From "quotation-hunger" As I Do! I Get All The Dictionaries Of Quotations I Can Meet With, As I Always Want To Know Where A Quotation Comes From.

"all Right", Said The Cat; And This Time It Vanished Quite Slowly, Beginning With The End Of The Tail, And Ending With The Grin, Which Remained Some Time After The Rest Of It Had Gone.

"take Some More Tea," The March Hare Said To Alice, Very Earnestly. "i've Had Nothing Yet," Alice Replied In An Offended Tone, "so I Can't Take More."

When She Thought It Over Afterwards It Occurred To Her That She Ought To Have Wondered At This, But At The Time It All Seemed Quite Natural

Alice Adventures In Wonderland

Cheshire Cat: If I Were Looking For A White Rabbit, I'd Ask The Mad Hatter. Alice: The Mad Hatter? Oh, No No No... Cheshire Cat: Or, You Could Ask The March Hare, In That Direction. Alice: Oh, Thank You. I Think I'll See Him... Cheshire Cat: Of Course, He's Mad, Too. Alice: But I Don't Want To Go Among Mad People. Cheshire Cat: Oh, You Can't Help That. Most Everyone's Mad Here. [laughs Maniacally; Starts To Disappear] Cheshire Cat: You May Have Noticed That I'm Not All There Myself.

Burning With Curiosity

“i Don't Like The Look Of It At All,” Said The King: “however, It May Kiss My Hand, If It Likes.” “i'd Rather Not,” The Cat Remarked.

Oh, 'tis Love, 'tis Love That Makes The World Go Round.

Who In The World Am I? Ah, That's The Great Puzzle.

Everything's Got A Moral, If Only You Can Find It.

If You Limit Your Actions In Life To Things That Nobody Can Possibly Find Fault With, You Will Not Do Much!

I Wish I Hadn't Cried So Much!” Said Alice, As She Swam About, Trying To Find Her Way Out. I Shall Be Punished For It Now, I Suppose, By Being Drowned In My Own Tears !

Will You, Won't You, Will You, Won't You, Will You Join The Dance?

With A Sort Of Mental Squint.

'always Speak The Truth - Think Before You Speak - And Write It Down Afterwards.' 'i'm Sure I Didn't Mean - ' Alice Was Beginning, But The Red Queen Interrupted Her Impatiently. 'that's Just What I Complain Of! You Should Have Meant! What Do You Suppose Is The Use Of Child Without Any Meaning? Even A Joke Should Have Some Meaning - And A Child's More Important Than A Joke, I Hope.

You Can't Be That Good; You Work For Me.

It Is The Privilege Of True Genius, And Especially Genius Who Opens Up A New Path, To Make Great Mistakes With Impunity

Un-dish-cover The Fish, Or Dishcover The Riddle.

Words Mean More Than We Mean To Express When We Use Them: So A Whole Book Ought To Mean A Great Deal More Than The Writer Meant.

Twenty Thousand Thieves Landed At Hastings. These Founders Of The House Of Lords Were Greedy And Ferocious Dragoons, Sons Of Greedy And Ferocious Pirates... Such, However, Is The Illusion Of Antiquity And Wealth, That Decent And Dignified Men Now Existing, Boast Their Descent From These Filthy Thieves, Who Showed A Far Juster Conviction Of Their Own Merits, By Assuming For Their Types The Swine, Goat, Jackal, Leopard, Wolf, And Snake, Which They Severally Resembled.

In Another Moment Down Went Alice After It, Never Once Considering How In The World She Was To Get Out Again.

You Shouldn't Make Jokes If It Makes You So Unhappy.

When The Sands Are All Dry, He Is Gay As A Lark, And Will Talk In Contemptuous Tones Of The Shark: But, When The Tide Rises And Sharks Are Around, His Voice Has A Timid And Tremulous Sound.

I Wonder If I've Been Changed In The Night. Let Me Think. Was I The Same When I Got Up This Morning? I Almost Think I Can Remember Feeling A Little Different. But If I'm Not The Same, The Next Question Is 'who In The World Am I?' Ah, That's The Great Puzzle!

Beautiful Soup! Who Cares For Fish, Game Or Any Other Dish? Who Would Not Give All Else For Two Pennyworth Of Beautiful Soup?

"can You Do Addition?" The White Queen Said. "what's One And One And One And One And One And One And One And One And One And One?" "i Don't Know," Said Alice. "i Lost Count." "she Can't Do Addition," The Red Queen Interrupted.

There Is A Place. Like No Place On Earth. A Land Full Of Wonder, Mystery, And Danger! Some Say To Survive It: You Need To Be As Mad As A Hatter. Which Luckily I Am.

What A Funny Watch!’ She Remarked. ‘it Tells The Day Of The Month, And Doesn’t Tell What O’clock It Is!’ ‘why Should It?’ Muttered The Hatter. ‘does Your Watch Tell You What Year It Is?’ ‘of Course Not,’ Alice Replied Very Readily: ‘but That’s Because It Stays The Same Year For Such A Long Time Together.’ ‘which Is Just The Case With Mine,’ Said The Hatter.

I Have Had Prayers Answered - Most Strangely So Sometimes - But I Think Our Heavenly Father's Loving-kindness Has Been Even More Evident In What He Has Refused Me.

I Don't Want To Take Up Literature In A Money-making Spirit, Or Be Very Anxious About Making Large Profits, But Selling It At A Loss Is Another Thing Altogether, And An Amusement I Cannot Well Afford.

Better Say Nothing At All. Language Is Worth A Thousand Pounds A Word!

Come, Hearken Then, Ere Voice Of Dread, With Bitter Tiding Laden, Shall Summon To Unwelcome Bed A Melancholy Maiden! We Are But Older Children, Dear, Who Fret To Find Our Bedtime Near.

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