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 More Quotes by Lewis Carroll More Quotes From Lewis Carroll One can't believe impossible things. Lewis Carroll impossible-things math believe And thus they give the time, that Nature meant for peaceful sleep and meditative snores, to ceaseless din and mindless merriment and waste of shoes and floors. Lewis Carroll nature sleep peace 'I beg your pardon?' Alice said with a puzzled air. Lewis Carroll confusing confusion air When all has been considered, it seems to me to be the irresistible intuition that infinite punishment for finite sin would be unjust, and therefore wrong. We feel that even weak and erring Man would shrink from such an act. And we cannot conceive of God as acting on a lower standard of right and wrong. Lewis Carroll intuition acting men 'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked around the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. 'I don't see any wine,' she remarked. 'There isn't any,' said the March Hare. Lewis Carroll wine tables tea I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss is another thing altogether, and an amusement I cannot well afford. Lewis Carroll literature loss writing The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, Lewis Carroll queens summer heart Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice Lewis Carroll ravens writing ideas Do you suppose she's a wildflower? Lewis Carroll wildflowers Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar. Lewis Carroll caterpillars temper said 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! Lewis Carroll ends mouths might What does it matter where my body happens to be?' he said. 'My mind goes on working all the same. Lewis Carroll goes-on mind doe Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time. Lewis Carroll courtesy thinking I dare say you never even spoke to Time!" "Perhaps not," Alice cautiously replied; "but I know I have to beat time when I listen to music." "Ah! That accounts for it," said the Hatter. "He won't stand a beating. Now, if only you kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you like with the clock. Lewis Carroll spokes clock beats So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality. Lewis Carroll wonderland eye reality It's a large as life and twice as natural Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass natural Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command 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 beautiful lying children When I’m a Duchess,” she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone though), “I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen at all. Soup does very well without. Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,” she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, “and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that; then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it, you know— Lewis Carroll sweet children people For the snark was a boojum, you see. Lewis Carroll I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it. Lewis Carroll very-good advice giving
