Words of Wisdom — January 27, 2014

Lewis Carroll on the Impossible

“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”- Lewis Carroll (born on this date in 1832)

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“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
– Lewis Carroll (born on this date in 1832)

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