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“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
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“Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.”
― The Blank Book
― The Blank Book
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
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“This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.”
― The Reptile Room
― The Reptile Room
“She tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to herself rather sharply.' I advise you to leave off this minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. 'But it's no use now,' thought poor Alice, 'to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to herself rather sharply.' I advise you to leave off this minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. 'But it's no use now,' thought poor Alice, 'to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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