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Quotation from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

“If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”

Lewis Carroll (spoken by The Red Queen)

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Lewis Carroll

After a breathless run that leaves Alice under the same tree, the Red Queen explains how her country works.

Citation: "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg text). (id through-the-looking-glass-q2)

Portrait: Alice-entering-looking-glass-house-vertical-alignment, John Tenniel, Public domain.

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