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Backwards and forwards

4/30/2017

She took her off the table as she spoke, and shook her backwards and forwards with all her might.
The Red Queen made no resistance whatever: only her face grew very small, and her eyes got large and green: and still, as Alice went on shaking her, she kept on growing shorter – and fatter – and softer – and rounder – and –

Chapter X: Shaking in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

Deny something

4/29/2017

"She's in that state of mind," said the White Queen, "that she wants to deny something – only she doesn't know what to deny!"

Chapter IX: Queen Alice in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

So much as I thought

4/28/2017

"Of course I'll wait," said Alice: "and thank you very much for coming so far – and for the song – I liked it very much."
"I hope so," the Knight said doubtfully: "but you didn't cry so much as I thought you would."

Chapter VIII: "It's My Own Invention" in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

How to manage

4/27/2017

"You don't know how to manage Looking-glass cakes," the Unicorn remarked. "Hand it round first, and cut it afterwards."

This sounded nonsense, but Alice very obediently got up, and carried the dish round, and the cake divided itself into three pieces as she did so. "Now cut it up," said the Lion, as she returned to her place with the empty dish.

Chapter VII: The Lion and the Unicorn in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

The question is

4/26/2017

"I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't – till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"
But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'" Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master – that's all."

Chapter VI: Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

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