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In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep." --
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looking-glass
wonderland
garden
flowers
talking
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Lewis Carroll |
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Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."
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Lewis Carroll |
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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?"
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Lewis Carroll |
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Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. 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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Lewis Carroll |
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94cddb6
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Finding meaning, like losing meaning, involves pleasure as well as pain. But then losing meaning, like finding it, does too, as the best nonsense reminds us.
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Lewis Carroll |
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The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- "It's very rude of him," she said, "To come and spoil the fun!" The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a..
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Lewis Carroll |
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you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
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Lewis Carroll |
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a75d751
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It's a large as life and twice as natural
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Lewis Carroll |
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The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily; 'really you are very dull!' You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,' added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth.
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Lewis Carroll |
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The executioner's argument was that you couldn't cut of something's head unless there was a trunk to sever it from. He'd never done anything like that in his time of life, and wasn't going to start now. The King's argument was that anything that had a head, could be beheaded, and you weren't to talk nonsense. The Queen's argument was that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time, she'd have everyone beheaded all round. It w..
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humour
inspirational
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Lewis Carroll |
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People who don't think shouldn't talk
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Lewis Carroll |
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Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!
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Lewis Carroll |
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If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, 'you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him.
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Lewis Carroll |
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Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentile hand Lay it where Childhood dreams are twined In memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers Pluck'd in a far off land.
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Lewis Carroll |
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cddaed3
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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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sylvie-and-bruno
the-world-at-large
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Lewis Carroll |
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f709d97
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Ever drifting down the stream
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Lewis Carroll |
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73a32a4
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When I use a word, it means just what i choose it to mean. Neither more nor less.
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Lewis Carroll |
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A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing - A simple chime, that served to time The rhythm of your rowing - Whose echoes live in memory yet, Though envious years would say 'forget.
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Lewis Carroll |
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It's done by everyone minding their own business
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Lewis Carroll |
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af26d9d
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I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know.
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Lewis Carroll |
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The rule is, jam to-morrow 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!' 'That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first--' 'Living backwards!' Alice repeated..
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Well, then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.
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Lewis Carroll |
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Alice had begun with 'Let's pretend we're kings and queens;' and her sister, who liked being exact, had argued that they couldn't, because there were only two of them, and Alice hand been reduced at last to say, 'Well, you can be one of them then, and I'll be the rest.
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Lewis Carroll |
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simply--"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."
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Lewis Carroll |
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O Oysters,' said the Carpenter, You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none -
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Lewis Carroll |
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She felt a little nervous about this; 'for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
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Lewis Carroll |
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One! two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snickersnack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
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poetry
portmanteau
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Lewis Carroll |
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you're entirly bonkers but I'll tell you a secret all the best people are
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Lewis Carroll |
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I wish I hadn't cried so much!
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Lewis Carroll |
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Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste 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!'
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time
mad-hatter
wordplay
lewis-carroll
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You are old Father William,' the young man said, 'and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head-do you think, at your age, it is right?
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Lewis Carroll |
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For the snark was a boojum, you see.
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humor
ultimate-answer
snark
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Lewis Carroll |
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What do you call yourself?" the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had! "I wish I knew!" thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, "Nothing, just now." "Think again," it said: "that won't do." Alice thought, but nothing came of it. "Please, would you tell me what you call yourself?" she said timidly, "I think that might help a little." "I'll tell you, if you'll come a little further on," the Fawn said. "I can't remember her..
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fear
fawn
deer
wonderland
purity
innocence
danger
survival
instinct
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Lewis Carroll |
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what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'" - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 1"
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Lewis Carroll |
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I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer today."
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irony
ironic-death
drowning
wonderland
crying
tears
water
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Lewis Carroll |
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I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't---till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'" "But glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected. "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 ..
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dumpty
humpty
carroll
lewis
in
wonderland
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Lewis Carroll |
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She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and
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Lewis Carroll |
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Cheshire Cat: If I were looking for a white rabbit, I'd ask the Mad Hatter. Alice: The Mad Hatter? Oh, no no no... Cheshire Cat: Or, you could ask the March Hare, in that direction. Alice: Oh, thank you. I think I'll see him... Cheshire Cat: Of course, he's mad, too. Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people. Cheshire Cat: Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here.
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l ymknny l`wd@ ll'ms l'nny knt Hynh shkhS akhr..
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If he smiled much more, the ends of his mouth might meet behind, and then I don't know what would happen to his head! I'm afraid it would come off!
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Lewis Carroll |
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It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: "If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?"
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through-the-looking-glass
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Lewis Carroll |
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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!" Alice could not help laughing at this, even in the midst of her tears. "Can you keep from crying by considering things?" she asked. "That's that way it's done," the Queen said with great decision: "nobody can do two t..
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laughter
distraction
wonderland
crying
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Lewis Carroll |
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flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--"Birds of a feather flock together."
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Lewis Carroll |
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He's dreaming now,' said Tweedledee: 'and what do you think he's dreaming about?' Alice said 'Nobody can guess that.' 'Why, about YOU!' Tweedledee exclaimed, clapping his hands triumphantly. 'And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be?' 'Where I am now, of course,' said Alice. 'Not you!' Tweedledee retorted contemptuously. 'You'd be nowhere. Why, you're only a sort of thing in his dream!' 'If that there King was to..
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through-the-looking-glass
lewis-carroll
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