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Quote by Lewis Carroll

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

Book:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Work

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

This two-volume work includes the original tale of Alice's journey into Wonderland, where she encounters the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts, and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, which continues Alice's adventures in a mirror-world. more

Author

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, photographer, and children's author. He is best known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which is celebrated for its unique imagination, rich symbolism, and humor. more

“Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Mean Enough Choices Pay Attention Exercise Conscious Adults Pay Attention Constructs Really Mean

Author:David Foster Wallace

“Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?”

Want Should Myth Realms Scotty

Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“Revolutions spring not from accident, but from necessity. A revolution is a return from the factitious to the real. It takes place because it must.”

Real Revolution Return Spring Accidents

Book:Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (St. Denis)

Source: Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (St. Denis)

“So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be able to lift anything without agony. Every passing minute will make your muscles crack. What is feather to others will be a rock to you. The simplest things will become difficult. Life will become monstrous about you. To come, to go, to breathe, will be so many terrible tasks for you. Your lungs will feel like a hundred-pound weight.”