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1 " Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---And remember who you are! "
― Lewis Carroll , Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
2 " 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! "
3 " One! two! and through and throughThe vorpal blade went snickersnack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back. "
4 " 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. "
5 " Then it doesn't matter which way you walk...-so long as I get somewhere. "
6 " 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.’’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all. "
7 " Consider anything, only don’t cry! "
8 " 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. "
9 " Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. "
10 " When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less. "
11 " Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word! "
12 " One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely. "
13 " And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be? "
14 " You couldn't have it if you DID want it. "
15 " The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary! "
16 " I daresay you haven't had much practice. 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. "
17 " It's a large as life and twice as natural "
18 " I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know. "
19 " Oh, don't go on like that!' cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. 'Consider what a great girl you are. Consider what a long way you've come today. Consider what o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't cry! "
20 " We CAN talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to "
