"Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well."
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"It was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions."
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"Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"
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"Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way."
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"That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day."
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"Can you row?" the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. "Yes, a little--but not on land--and not with needles--" Alice was beginning to say."
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"I wish I could manage to be glad! Only I never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this wood, and being glad whenever you like!"
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"To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that said 'I've a sceptre in hand, I've a crown on my head. Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be, Come and dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and me."
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"That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation."
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"And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next time--" "It is next time!" The Happy voice cry. Thus grew the tale of Wonderland"
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"Who did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger for some more hay. "Nobody," said the Messenger. "Quite right," said the King; "this young lady saw him too. So of course Nobody walks slower than you." "I do my best," the Messenger said in a sullen tone. "I'm sure nobody walks much faster than I do!" "He can't do that," said the King, "or else he'd have been here first."
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"His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve."
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"The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
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""I see nobody on the road," said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light.""
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"Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?"
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"Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves."
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"Death is always sad, I suppose, to us who look forward to it: I expect it will seem very different when we can look back upon it."
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"I'm getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting: So, if you don't object, my dear, We'll try a glass of bitter beer - I think it looks inviting."
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"I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know."
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"When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!"
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