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"it's Very Good Jam," Said The Queen. "well, I Don't Want Any To-day, At Any Rate." "you Couldn't Have It If You Did Want It," The Queen Said. "the Rule Is Jam Tomorrow And Jam Yesterday But Never Jam To-day." "it Must Come Sometimes To "jam To-day,""alice Objected. "no It Can't," Said The Queen. "it's Jam Every Other Day; To-day Isn't Any Other Day, You Know." "i Don't Understand You," Said Alice. "it's Dreadfully Confusing."

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"it's Very Good Jam," Said The Queen. "well, I Don't Want Any To-day, At Any Rate." "you Couldn't Have It If You Did Want It," The Queen Said. "the Rule Is Jam Tomorrow And Jam Yesterday But Never Jam To-day." "it Must Come Sometimes To "jam To-day,""alice Objected. "no It Can't," Said The Queen. "it's Jam Every Other Day; To-day Isn't Any Other Day, You Know." "i Don't Understand You," Said Alice. "it's Dreadfully Confusing."

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Rule Forty-two. All Persons More Than A Mile High To Leave The Court.

Alice In Wonderland Book

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.

Do Not, Oh Do Not Indulge Such A Wild Idea That A Newspaper Might Err! If So What Have We To Trust In This Age Of Sham?

Lastly, She Pictured To Herself How This Same Little Sister Of Hers Would, In The After-time, Be Herself A Grown Woman; And How She Would Keep, Through All Her Riper Years, The Simple And Loving Heart Of Her Childhood: And How She Would Gather About Her Other Little Children, And Make Their Eyes Bright And Eager With Many A Strange Tale, Perhaps Even With The Dream Of Wonderland Of Long Ago: And How She Would Feel With All Their Simple Sorrows, And Find A Pleasure In All Their Simple Joys, Remembering Her Own Child-life, And The Happy Summer Days.

My View Of Life Is, That It's Next To Impossible To Convince Anybody Of Anything.

One Can't Believe Impossible Things.

Impossible Things

Little Alice Fell D O W N The Hole, Bumped Her Head And Bruised Her Soul

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.

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

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

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

"i Could Have Done It In A Much More Complicated Way," Said The Red Queen, Immensely Proud.

We're All Mad Here.

Read The Directions And Directly You Will Be Directed In The Right Direction.

Right Direction

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.

Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?

I Should Like The Whole Race Of Nurses To Be Abolished: Children Should Be With Their Mother As Much As Possible, In My Opinion.

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.

When You Have Made A Thorough And Reasonably Long Effort, To Understand A Thing, And Still Feel Puzzled By It, Stop, You Will Only Hurt Yourself By Going On.

No Ghost Of Any Common Sense Begins A Conversation

If There's No Meaning In It," Said The King, "that Saves A World Of Trouble, You Know, As We Needn't Try To Find Any. And Yet I Don't Know," He Went On [...]; "i Seem To See Some Meaning In Them, After All.

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.

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.

Everything Is Funny, If You Can Laugh At It.

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

I Cannot Even Pretend To Feel As Much Interest In Boys As In Girls.

And How Many Hours A Day Did You Do Lessons?' Said Alice, In A Hurry To Change The Subject. Ten Hours The First Day,' Said The Mock Turtle: 'nine The Next, And So On.' What A Curious Plan!' Exclaimed Alice. That's The Reason They're Called Lessons,' The Gryphon Remarked: 'because They Lessen From Day To Day.

Alice! A Childish Story Take, And With A Gentle Hand, Lay It Where Childhood's Dreams Are Twined In Memory's Mystic Band, Like Pilgrim's Withered Wreath Of Flowers Plucked In Far-off Land.

I Don't Believe There's An Atom Of Meaning In It.

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