So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull… - Lewis Carroll

They've a temper, some of them — particularly verbs: they're the proudest — adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs — however I can manage the whole lot of them!

He was part of my dream, of course — but then I was part of his dream, too.

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.