She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).
Lewis CarrollWho in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Lewis CarrollTags: self-discovery alice-in-wonderland introspection
The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.
Lewis CarrollTags: misc
The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings
Lewis CarrollTags: poem alice-in-wonderland carpenter walrus walrus-and-the-carpenter
Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
Lewis CarrollTags: meaning
Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!
Tags: humor impossible beliefs breakfast
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?
Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time," she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."
If you knew Time as well as I do," said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him."
I don't know what you mean," said Alice.
Of course you don't!" the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. "I dare say you never even spoke to Time!"
Perhaps not," Alice cautiously replied: "but I know I have to beat time when I learn music."
Ah! That accounts for it," said the Hatter. "He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock.
For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!
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.
Curiouser and curiouser.
Lewis CarrollTags: humor children-s-lit favorites
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