Quote by Calvin Trillin Download Open image ““She believed in the principle of enoughness." from "About Alice”” — Calvin Trillin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Alice was surprised. In her worldview, everything was hopeless, but you just had to get on with it. And there wasn’t much point changing… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.” — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“Alice knows everything about me, and accepts the fact that we can be together for only a short while. She has agreed to go… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“Alice's predicament in Wonderland is a familiar one to modern women: She's a post-Enlightenment girl in a persistently feudal world. She perceives herself as… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“Alice thought to herself "I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.” — Lewis Carrol Copy Share Image
“No, what she had in front of her was a grown-up person who had built a life around a terrifying abyss, on terrain that… — Paolo Giordano Copy Share Image
“Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than ever, Alice… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“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… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“When she was older, after ten or so, she could tell she was being useful, but as a small child she was tolerated (only just, she knew) by this whirlwind of efficiency that was her mother organizing a party. Still she insisted on arranging fruit on a dish, or disposing ashtrays around the house, while her mother reduced her pace… — Doris Lessing Copy Share
“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
“I am firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly… And that goes for the opposition as well.” — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share
“All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards? — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Fairs are good places to eat, particularly for stand-up eaters--which is one of the kinds of eaters I am, although when I eat standing… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
