Quotes About Whimsical

The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.

By the bye," he wrote to Washington, "in the melancholy situation to which the poor King of England has been reduced, there were, I am told, in relation to you, some whimsical circumstances." In a deranged fit, wrote Morris, the king had "conceived himself to be no less a personage than George Washington at the head of the American Army.

Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail. There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?

So she was considering, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

Then fill up the glasses as quick as you can, And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran: Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea— And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!

daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

or conversation?' So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit

semble drôle, pensa Alice, de faire des commissions pour un lapin ! Après ça, je suppose que c'est Dinah qui m'enverra faire des commissions !» Et elle

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

I feel like I swallowed a Magritte. Like on the inside, I'm made of clouds and floating eyes, green apples, and slowly rising men in bowler hats.

Lilian Jackson Braun

Lilian Jackson Braun

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!

Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums! And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley!

There's the yottle in the bottle, whom I do not wish to keep, but the zillow on my pillow always helps me fall asleep.

You can think about gloves. You can think about snuvs. You can think a long time about snuvs and their gloves.

When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.

La-di-dah, just out for a little spin, don't mind me.

as vivid and fabulous as a unicorn...

Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen....

Deep within the winter forest among the snowdrift wide You can find a magic place where all the fairies hide....

If you're ever in a jam, a crayon scrunched up under your nose makes a good pretend mustache.