Can you row?" the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. "Yes, a little--but not on land--and not with needles--" Alice was beginning to say.

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.

'What's the use of their having names the Gnat said, 'if they won't answer to them?' 'No use to them,' said Alice; 'but it's useful to the people who name them, I suppose. If not, why do things have names at all?' 'I can't say,' the Gnat replied.

So young a child ought to know which way she's going, even if she doesn't know her own name!

'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'

It is always allowable to ask for artichoke jelly with your boiled venison; however there are houses where this is not supplied.

If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, "without hard labour," and with the use of books and writing materials, it would be simply delightful!