It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss is another thing altogether, and an amusement I cannot well afford.

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.

Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to.

You can't be that good; you work for me.