Quotes by Through The Looking Glass They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass adjectives verbs I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass wonderland said And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be? Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass left dream Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Lewis Carroll humpty-dumpty through-the-looking-glass wonderland Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass two mean You couldn't have it if you DID want it. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass ifs want It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass synchronicity jam I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass eggs said It's a large as life and twice as natural Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass natural You won't make yourself a bit realer by crying. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass bits cry I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet. Lewis Carroll through-the-looking-glass good-man poetry