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01c. 1865 AD

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 things at once, you know.

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02c. 1865 AD

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

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03c. 1865 AD

,"I am not crazy, my reality is just different from yours."-Cheshire Cat

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04c. 1865 AD

am i insane" asked alice"yes, but all the best people are" replied her father

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05c. 1865 AD

And it certainly did seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose,' she thought) that, though she managed to pick plenty of beautiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was always a more lovely one that she couldn't reach."The prettiest are always further!" she said at last, with a sigh at the obstinacy of the rushes in growing so far off.

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06c. 1865 AD

Consider anything, only don’t cry!

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07c. 1865 AD

Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say."This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again."Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar.

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08c. 1865 AD

In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.

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09c. 1865 AD

Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards.

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10c. 1865 AD

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.

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11c. 1865 AD

Little Alice fell d o w nthe hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul

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12c. 1865 AD

Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everythingthat Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moralof that is– “The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

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13c. 1865 AD

How long is forever?Sometimes just one second

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14c. 1865 AD

Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!

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15c. 1865 AD

'The horror of that moment ' the King went on T shall never never forget!' 'You will though 'the Queen said 'if you don't make a memorandum of it.'

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16c. 1865 AD

Sometimes I have believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

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17c. 1865 AD

The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.

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18c. 1865 AD

"The horror of that moment " the King went on "I shall never forget." "You will though " the Queen said "if you don't make a memorandum of it."

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19c. 1865 AD

"The time has come " the Walrus said "To talk of many things Of shoes - and ships - and sealing-wax - Of cabbages - and kings - And why the sea is boiling hot - And whether pigs have wings."

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20c. 1865 AD

What I tell you three times is true.

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21c. 1865 AD

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee Agreed to have a battle For Tweedle Dum said Tweedle Dee Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

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22c. 1865 AD

It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle - to get one's head cut off.

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23c. 1865 AD

'twas bryllig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths out grabe.

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24c. 1865 AD

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

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