Quote/Unquote

"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things."

"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis Carroll

Happy Birthday, Lewis Carroll!

The poet and storyteller Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898) was born on this date in Chesire, England. He was the creator of two of the most famous and well read books in the entire world, ALICE's ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and its sequel, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE (both books commonly shortened to and instantly recognizable as, just plain Alice in Wonderland). The characters of which are equally if not more well-known than their creator. So, here's to old Dodgson, Happy Birthday Lewis Carroll!