Елизавета Кислякова

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war with reality.” “If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said, in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.” ••• « “Tut, tut, child!” said the Duchess. “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” “And the moral of that is—’Oh, ‘tis love, ‘tis love, that makes the world go round!’” “Somebody said,” Alice whispered, “that it’s done by everybody minding their own business!” “Ah well! It means much the same thing,” said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice’s shoulder as she added, “and the moral of that is—‘Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.’”» ••• Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,′ she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.′ “And the moral of that is—‘The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.‘” Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”