Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
IN THE END… We only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have,and the decisions we waited too long to make.
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
Take some more tea, the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.I’ve had nothing yet, Alice replied in an offended tone, so I can’t take more.You mean you can’t take less, said the Hatter: it’s very easy to take more than nothing.Nobody asked your opinion, said Alice.
Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it? said the March Hare.Exactly so, said Alice.Then you should say what you mean, the March Hare went on.I do, Alice hastily replied; at least–at least I mean what I say–that’s the same thing, you know.You might just as well say, added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, that ‘I breathewhen I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe!
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
What does it matter where my body happens to be?’ he said. ‘My mind goes on working all the same.
One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.