“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.”

“I don’t suppose there’ll be a tree left standing, for ever so far around, by the time we’re finished.’” Tweedledum to tweedledee [They are fighting over a rattle]. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, p. 156”

“They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there's anyone left alive!”

“If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.”

“Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, with bitter tiding laden, shall summon to unwelcome beda melancholy maiden!We are but older children, dear,who fret to find our bedtime near.”

“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

“Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.”