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Quotation from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards”
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Chapter V (Project Gutenberg text)
Alice says she cannot remember things before they happen, and the Queen, who lives backwards, pities her.
Citation: "It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Chapter V (Project Gutenberg text). (id through-the-looking-glass-q5)
Portrait: Alice-entering-looking-glass-house-vertical-alignment, John Tenniel, Public domain.
