“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…”

— Lewis Carroll

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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Than any made-up daisy.”

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Context: "Dear robin," said this sad young flower,
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To find a nice white frill for me,
Some day when you are flying?" "You silly thing!" the robin said;
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