Lewis Carroll quotes - page 5

Lady Clara Vere de Vere Was eight years old, she said: Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread. (Lewis Carroll)
The air is bright with hues of light And rich with laughter and with singing: Young hearts beat high in ecstasy, And banners wave, and bells are ringing: But silence falls with fading day, And there's an end to mirth and play. Ah, well-a-day!
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What may I do?" at length I cried, Tired of the painful task. The fairy quietly replied, And said "You must not ask.
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'O gin I find anither ladye,' He said wi' sighs and tears, 'I wot my coortin' sall not be Anither thirty years: For gin I find a ladye gay, Exactly to my taste, I'll pop the question, aye or nay, In twenty years at maist.
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I suppose every child has a world of his own - and every man, too, for the matter of that. I wonder if that's the cause for all the misunderstanding there is in Life?
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A change came o'er my Vision - it was night: We clove a pathway through a frantic throng: The steeds, wild-plunging, filled us with affright: The chariots whirled along. Within a marble hall a river ran - A living tide, half muslin and half cloth: And here one mourned a broken wreath or fan, Yet swallowed down her wrath.
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Port-wine, he says, when rich and sound, Warms his old bones like nectar: And as the inns, where it is found, Are his especial hunting-ground, We call him the INN-SPECTRE.
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Some American writer has said "the snakes in this district may be divided into one species-the venomous”. The same principle applies here. Postage-Stamp-Cases may be divided into one species, the "Wonderland”. Imitations of it will soon appear, no doubt: but they cannot include the two Pictorial Surprises, which are copyright.You don't see why I call them 'Surprises'? Well, take the Case in your left hand, and regard it attentively. You see Alice nursing the Duchess's Baby ? (An entirely new combination, by the way : it doesn't occur in the book.) Now, with your right thumb and forefinger, lay hold of the little book, and suddenly pull it out. The Baby has turned into a Pig I If that doesn't surprise you, why, I suppose you wouldn't be surprised if your own Mother-in-law suddenly turned into a Gyroscope!
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Now that's a thing I WILL NOT STAND, And so I tell you flat.
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The light was faint, and soft the air That breathed around the place; And she was lithe, and tall, and fair, And with a wayward grace Her queenly head she bare.
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To Her, whose children's smiles fed the narrator's fancy and were his rich reward: from the Author. (Lewis Carroll)
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!
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It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
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The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
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Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
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Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
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Alice: How long is forever? White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
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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.
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My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
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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!
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Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat. (Lewis Carroll)
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.
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I wonder if the snowthe 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.
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Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.
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The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?" Alice: "Yes..." The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.
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