In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream -
Lingering in the golden dream -
Life, what is it but a dream?
--Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll.
I think i like the book. it ended like it's predecessor (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and i reckon it's intentional since Carroll continually stresses that life is, but a dream. life would be far more interesting if we saw things through Alice's eyes. her vivid capacity of imagination is something to behold. after all, when we start growing older, we start losing our ability to create entire worlds, even if they do contain rabbits in perpetual haste and talking lamb chops and sheep in rowboats and a talking egg sitting atop a treacherously narrow wall. we all need a world to escape into and Alice is trying to remind us that whatever realm we make for our escapades need not have to make an inkling of sense. ironic how these two books famed and labelled under the 'literary nonsense' genre could educate me so much. though i did find one of the things she said that did make sense:
"the prettiest are always further!"
true. well, she's referring to rushes (flowers) luh but i suppose it can be applied to life in general. the prettiest things are always further. no idea why though.
okay, i think i'm quite the nerd to be talking about books here but deal with it.
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