A minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!

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.

Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?

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.

But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything.

For the snark was a boojum, you see.

Where do you come from? And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.