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9/17/2021 Mist rises

Con/Jur/d
Sep 17, 2021
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“At this point in the retreat — we should understand when Alice answered the Caterpillar koan:

“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, Sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” — Bookriot Quotes From Alice in Wonderland

“One origin story of Queer Time”

“I wish I hadn’t cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. “I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day.” —Chapter 2, The Pool of Tears

“The Bride and Groom on the Water ”

“or, if you’d like it put more simply—‘Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.’” —Chapter 9, The Mock Turtle’s Story

“A reason why one can’t stay in the Absolute”

“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “It’s very easy to take more than nothing.” —Chapter 7, A Mad Tea-Party

“A reason skipping breakfast can be worth it”

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Thus”

“When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!” —Chapter 4, The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

Enjoy your Friday y’all!

Con/Jur/d, 9/16/2021

Wonderland: The Zen of Alice https://g.co/kgs/6QnLr8

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