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

You shouldn't make jokes if it makes you so unhappy.

We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near.

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

If he smiled much more, the ends of his mouth might meet behind, and then I don't know what would happen to his head! I'm afraid it would come off!

Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, with bitter tiding laden, shall summon to unwelcome bed a melancholy maiden! We are but older children, dear, who fret to find our bedtime near.

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!