"It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying … - Lewis Carroll

"It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!"
I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then,
if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here
till I'm somebody else" — but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst
of tears, 'I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired
of being all alone here!"

Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.

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Birth Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Alternative Names: Charles Dodgson • Lewis Caroll • Lewis Carroll Dodgson • Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) • Rev. C. L. Dodgson • Charles L. Dodgson • Lewis Caroll Dodgson • C. L. Dodgson

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Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up; if not, I'll stay down here till I'm someone else.

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying, 'Come up again, dear!' I shall only look up and say, 'Who am I, then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up — if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else' — but, oh, dear!

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She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

When you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don't state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.

"Alice thought to herself "I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.

"It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, an… - Lewis Carroll

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