Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Contrasting Regions Quotes

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Quote #10

Alice was puzzled. "In our country," she remarked, "there's only one day at a time."

The Red Queen said "That's a poor way of doing things. Now here, we mostly have days and nights two or three at a time, and sometimes in the winter we take as many as five nights together – for warmth, you know."

"Are five nights warmer than one night, then?" Alice ventured to ask.

"Five times as warm, of course."

"But they should be five times as cold, by the same rule – "

"Just so!" cried the Red Queen. "Five times as warm, and five times as cold – just as I'm five times as rich as you are, and five times as clever!"

Alice sighed and gave it up. "It's exactly like a riddle with no answer!" she thought. (Looking-Glass 9.59-65)

Every time Alice thinks she's figured out an organizing pattern for Looking-Glass World, it seems to change in some way.