“Where do begin, he asked, Where you always have to begin, at the beginning”
José Saramago book The Cave
Source: The Cave (2000), p. 53 (Vintage 2003)
“Ask the dust on the road! Ask the Joshua trees standing alone where the Mojave begins. Ask them about Camilla Lopez, and they will whisper her name.”
Source: The Big Hunger
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Lewis Carroll book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Variant: One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) American science fiction and fantasy author
Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 18 (p. 366)
“If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.”
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
Source: Mary Poppins (1934), Ch. 1 "East-Wind"
Context: If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads. He will push his helmet slightly to one side, scratch his head thoughtfully, and then he will point his huge white-gloved finger and say: "First to your right, second to your left, sharp right again, and you're there. Good-morning."
And sure enough, if you follow his directions exactly, you will be there — right in the middle of Cherry-Tree Lane, where the houses run down one side and the Park runs down the other and the cherry-trees go dancing right down the middle.
If you are looking for Number Seventeen — and it is more than likely that you will be, for this book is all about that particular house — you will very soon find it.
“Where are we going? Do not ask! Ascend, descend. There is no beginning and no end.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: Where are we going? Do not ask! Ascend, descend. There is no beginning and no end. Only this present moment exists, full of bitterness, full of sweetness, and I rejoice in it all.
