Lewis Carroll idézet

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„Nincs értelme visszatérni a tegnaphoz, mert akkor más ember voltam.”

„A képesség, hogy azt lássa az ember, amit a többiek nem látnak, sokkal fontosabb, mint nem látni azt, amit mindenki lát.”

„A cicák egyik igen kellemetlen szokása, hogy bármit is mondunk nekik, ők mindig dorombolnak.”

„Mindenben van tanulság, csak meg kell találni.”

„Igen vacak memória az, amelyik csak hátrafelé működik.”

„Jómodor az, amikor átgondoljuk, amit mondani akarunk. Ezzel időt spórolunk.”

„Már reggeli előtt gondolj hat lehetetlenre!”

„Az álló óra is naponta kétszer a pontos időt mutatja.”

“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.”

“I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.”

“When you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don't state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.”

“So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.”

“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
He chortled in his joy.”

“Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.”

“I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.”

“I don't like the looks of it,' said the King: 'however, it may kis my hand, if it likes.'
'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.”

“You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.”

“I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!”

“I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.”

“Go on till you come to the end; then stop.”

“Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.”

“Birds of a feather flock together”

“The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.”

“at any rate, there's no harm in trying.”

“Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”

“Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.”

“I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch—
I said it in German and Greek;
But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
That English is what you speak!”

“Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!”

“So she was considering in her own mind… whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up & picking the daisies…”

“I wishcould manage to be glad!" the Queen said. "Only I never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this wood, and being glad whenever you like!”

“She's stark raving mad!”

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

“Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love, that makes the world go round!”

“Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter
I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice”

“All that matters is what we do for each other.”

“When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark:
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.”

“The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth”