The Caterpillar Quotes

“How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tall, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale.” His eyes flicked meaningfully from the book to Alice before he continued. “How cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in, with gently smiling jaws.”
― J.M. Sullivan, Alice

“This “thing” that lay before her was indeed a living creature. He had lungs and a stomach as well as a heart. Nevertheless, he could not see anything; he could not hear anything; he could not speak a word; he had no limbs. His world was a bottomless pit of perpetual silence and boundless darkness. Who could imagine such a terrible world? With what could the feeling of a man living in that abyss be compared?”
― Edogawa Rampo, Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

“Luke’s locked in a loop and you’re lost in the lyrics.”
― Roger Zelazny, Sign of Chaos