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.
Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.
Life is a perpetual yesterday for us.
A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
Books may well be the only true magic.
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.
For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.