Lewis Carroll: Frasi in inglese (pagina 8)

“So she was considering in her own mind… whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up & picking the daisies…”

“I wishcould manage to be glad!" the Queen said. "Only I never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this wood, and being glad whenever you like!”

“She's stark raving mad!”

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

“Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love, that makes the world go round!”

“Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter
I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice”

“All that matters is what we do for each other.”

“When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark:
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.”

“The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth”

“And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be?”

“Anon, to sudden silence won,
In fancy they pursue
The dream-child moving through the land
Of wonders wild and new,
In friendly chat with bird or beast -
And half believe it true.”

“Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena, and you're a bone!”

“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.”

“You couldn't have it if you DID want it.”

“What does it matter where my body happens to be?' he said. 'My mind goes on working all the same.”

“And ever, as the story drained
The wells of fancy dry,
And faintly strove that weary one
To put the subject by,
"The rest next time--" "It is next time!"
The Happy voice cry.

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland”

“Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again”

“But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything”

“What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning-- and a child's more imporant than a joke, I hope. You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with both hands.”