“The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings”

“The time has comeThe walrus saidTo talk of many things:Of shoes- and ships-And sealing wax-Of cabbages and kings-And why the sae is boiling hot-And whether pigs have wings.”

“Please God, please Knut Hamsun, don't desert me now. I started to write and I wrote: The time has come," the Walrus said,To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —”

“Ole Golly: The time has come, the walrus said... Harriet M. Welsch: To talk of many things... Ole Golly: Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax... Harriet M. Welsch: Of cabbages and kings... Ole Golly: And why the sea is boiling hot... Harriet M. Welsch: And whether pigs have wings!”

“Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.”

“I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.”