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 Carrollhave i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.
Lewis CarrollShe's in that state of mind that she wants to deny SOMETHING only she doesn't know what to deny!
Lewis CarrollYou know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199
Lewis CarrollI 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