Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll, Bob Henry (Illustrations)amazon.com
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
When Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was read to me and Alice sighs, “Oh, how I long to run away from normal days! I want to run wild with my imagination,” I remember rising up from my pillow and thinking, yes, yes, that’s it exactly.
Maggie O'Farrell • I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
That is to say: while it was true that they had just appeared in this particular set of dimensions, it was also true that they had been living in them all along. It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.
Terry Pratchett • The Color of Magic: A Novel of Discworld
I collect sentences I wish I wrote.
Here are 7 to make ya think - all from fiction:
1. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
I felt like Alice in Wonderland. In Lewis Carroll's childhood classic Through the Looking-Glass, one of Alice's misadventures in Wonderland is with the Red Queen, who takes her on a wild run through the countryside. But no matter how fast Alice runs she can't seem to get anywhere. Finally, breathless from her efforts, Alice is allowed to rest long
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