Sometimes life feels like an out and back trail where you go uphill both ways.

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright–
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.

“O Oysters,” said the Carpenter,
“You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none–
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.

Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think-”
-Alice

I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person then. – Alice

Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through. ‘It’s something very like learning geography,’ thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little further. – Lewis Carroll

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?” – Lewis Carroll

“I wish I hadn’t cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.

Every adventure requires a first step. Trite, but true, even here. -Cheshire Cat

“You may not have lived much under the sea and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster-Quadrille is!” – Mock Turtle