Quotes of Lewis Carroll - somelinesforyou

“ Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ 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’. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person then. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It is very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them they always purr. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ 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.’ ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but outoftheway things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It would be so nice if something made sense for a change. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ IN THE END… We only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have,and the decisions we waited too long to make. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Why it's simply impassible! Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Door: No, I do mean impassible. (chuckles) Nothing's impossible! ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ 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 halfanhour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again! ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Curiouser and curiouser. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ 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." "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take more than nothing." "Nobody asked your opinion," said Alice. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ 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

“ 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! ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the aftertime, 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 childlife, and the happy summer days. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ What does it matter where my body happens to be?' he said. 'My mind goes on working all the same. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish goodbye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Goodbye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her selfcommand 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! ”

- Lewis Carroll
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