Why, you might just as well say that, I see what I eat, is the same as, I eat what I see.

How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see?

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.

She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!

Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!