889 Quotes by Lewis Carroll

  • Author Lewis Carroll
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    The sea was wet as wet could be, the sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because no cloud was in the sky.

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    I wonder if that's the reason Insects are so fond of flying into candles - because they want to turn into Snap-dragon-flies!

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    They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap.

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    Little Birds are dining / Warily and well, / Hid in mossy cell.

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    Little Birds are tasting / Gratitude and gold, / Pale with sudden cold: / Pale, I say, and wrinkled - / When the bells have tinkled, / And the Tale is told.

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    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.'

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    There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you get un-birthday presents—... And only one for birthday presents, you know.

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