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• One can't believe impossible things.

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Math, Impossible Things

  1871 Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 5,'Wool and Water'.

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• when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural

  Lewis Carroll

  Natural, Ought

  Lewis Carroll (2012). “Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.12, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Speak English, Long

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: That CUPCAKE was off her head!”, p.23, Oldcastle Books

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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.

  Lewis Carroll

  Night, Sea, Shining

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 4 (1872)

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• In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, World, Moments

  Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.10, Branden Books

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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?

  Lewis Carroll

  Father, Thinking, Men

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 5 (1865)

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• Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.

  Lewis Carroll

  Two, Alice In Wonderland Book, Miles

  Lewis Carroll (2011). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Second Edition”, p.154, Broadview Press

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• How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Minutes, One Minute

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.35, Cosimo, Inc.

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• She [Alice] went on "And how do you know that you're mad?" "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" "I suppose so," said Alice. "Well, then," the Cat went on, "you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."

  Lewis Carroll

  Dog, Cat, Mad

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Book by Lewis Carroll (Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper), November 26, 1865.

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• Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

  Lewis Carroll

  Winning, Dodo Bird, Prize

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.16, Cosimo, Inc.

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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.

  Lewis Carroll

  Simple, Turtles, Taught Us

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.57

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• And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on.' What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice. That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.

  Lewis Carroll

  Turtles, Lessons, Nine

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 9

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• "Well, I never heard it before," said the Mock Turtle; "but it sounds uncommon nonsense."

  Lewis Carroll

  Sound, Wonderland, Nonsense

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Book by Lewis Carroll, November 26, 1865.

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• And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Bats, Answers

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.6

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• I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is - oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!

  Lewis Carroll

  Trying, Twenties, Twelve

  Lewis Carroll (2009). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.9, Lulu.com

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• Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!

  Lewis Carroll

  Beautiful, Food, Soup

  1865 Song of the Mock Turtle. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.10.

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• For, 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.

  Lewis Carroll

  Knowledge, Thinking, Way

  Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.15, Branden Books

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• Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophy, Philosophical

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 12

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• If everybody minded their own business... the world would go round a deal faster than it does.

  Lewis Carroll

  Doe, Wonderland, World

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

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• I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Adventure, Yesterday

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.69, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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

  Running, Somewhere Else, Wonderland

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 2 (1872)

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• I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Wonderland, Should

  Lewis Carroll (1913). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.54, PDFreeBooks.org

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• Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wisdom, Mathematical Logic, Ghouls

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 4 (1872)

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• I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Silence, Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.115, Delphi Classics

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• Why is a raven like a writing desk?

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Mad

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 7 (1865).

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