Carroll Cheshire cat. Who is the Cheshire cat? He thinks he's out of his mind

The cat is unusual for his smile, because animals, including cats, do not know how to smile

“Please tell me why your cat smiles so much? —
asked Alice timidly. She didn't know if she should speak
first, but couldn't resist.
“Because,” said the Duchess. - This is a Cheshire cat -
that's why! Oh you little pig!
She uttered the last words with such fury that Alice
jumped right up. But she immediately realized that this did not apply to
to her, but to the baby, and continued with determination:
- I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always smile. By
To tell the truth, I didn’t even know that cats could smile.
“They know how,” answered the Duchess. “And almost everyone smiles.”
“I’ve never seen a single cat like this,” she said politely.
Alice, very pleased that the conversation is going so well.
“You haven’t seen much,” the Duchess snapped. “That’s too much.”
exactly!”

He thinks he's out of his mind

« “There’s nothing you can do,” the Cat objected. - We are not all here
in your mind - both you and me.
- How do you know that I'm out of my mind? - asked
Alice.
“Of course, not in his own way,” answered the Cat. - Otherwise how would you
ended up here?
This argument did not seem at all convincing to Alice, but she
I didn’t argue, but just asked:
- How do you know that you are out of your mind?
- Let's start with the fact that the dog is sane. Agree?
“Let’s say,” Alice agreed.
“Next,” said the Cat. - The dog grumbles when he’s angry, but
When happy, he wags his tail. Well, I grumble when I'm happy,
and I wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore, I'm out of my depth
mind.
“In my opinion, you don’t grumble, but purr,” objected Alice.
- At least that's what I call it.
“Call it what you want,” answered the Cat. - That's not the point
is changing"

He can disappear and appear again

“Are you playing croquet at the Queen's today?
“I’d like very much,” said Alice, “but I’m still
not invited.
“Then see you in the evening,” said the Cat and disappeared.
Alice was not very surprised by this - she had already begun to get used to it.
to all sorts of oddities. She stood and looked at the branch where
The Cat had just been sitting, when suddenly he appeared again on the same
place.
- By the way, what happened to the child? - said the Cat. - At all
I forgot to ask you.
“He turned into a pig,” answered Alice, and with her eye
without blinking.
“I thought so,” said the Cat and disappeared again.
Alice waited a little to see if he would appear again, but he did not
appeared, and she went to where, according to him, Martovsky lived
Hare.
“I’ve already seen hatmakers,” she said about
myself - the March Hare, in my opinion, is much more interesting. Besides
It's May now - perhaps he's already come to his senses a little.
Then she looked up and saw the Cat again.
- What did you say: a pig or a gosling? - asked the Cat.
“I said: into a pig,” answered Alice. - And you
can you disappear and appear less suddenly? Otherwise I have
head is spinning.
“Okay,” said the Cat and disappeared - this time very
slowly. The tip of his tail disappeared first, and the last
smile; she hovered in the air for a long time, when everything else had already
gone.
- Y-yes! - thought Alice. - I've seen cats without a smile,
but smiles without a cat! I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”

He is wise

“A few steps away from her, the Cheshire Cat was sitting on a branch. Seeing Alice, the Cat just smiled. He looked good-natured, but his claws were long and he had so many teeth that Alice immediately realized that he was not to be trifled with.
- Kitty! Cheshik! - Alice began timidly. She didn't know if he would like the name, but he only smiled wider in response.
“Nothing,” thought Alice, “he seems happy.”
She asked out loud:
- Tell me, please, where should I go from here?
-Where do you want to go? - answered the Cat.
“I don’t care...” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter where you go,” said the Cat.
“... just to get somewhere,” Alice explained.
“You’ll definitely end up somewhere,” said the Cat. “You just need to walk long enough.”

Why, among all the other heroes of Carroll's fairy tale (March Hare, White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Frog), did the Cheshire Cat become especially popular? Probably because of the weakness that people have for cats. It’s not without reason that Bulgakov made the cat Behemoth one of the cutest characters

"Alice in Wonderland"

Please tell me why your cat smiles so much? - Alice asked, slightly timid.
“It’s the Cheshire cat,” said the Duchess, “that’s why.”

Since Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865, the origins of the Cheshire Cat have been speculated upon by many people. But the mystery has not yet been solved - perhaps Carroll was inspired by a real cat, perhaps a coat of arms with the image of a cat, and according to one version, the prototype was a family named Catt.

It seems that only one thing is certain - that the expression “Breathed in a smile like the Cheshire Cat” does not belong to Carroll himself. Smile of the Cheshire Cat first found in Peter Pindar's Lyric Epistles, which contains the phrase "Our court will smile like the Cheshire Cat." The satirist John Walcott (Wolcot or Wolcott), who died in 1819, was hiding under the pseudonym Peter Pindar.

What was the primary source for the appearance of the Cheshire Cat?

Here are just a few more or less likely versions:

The Cheshire Cat appeared thanks to cats from Chester.

In Chester, a city located in Cheshire, which in former times had a port on the banks of the River Dee, there were warehouses in which cheese and other dairy products were stored. Harbor cats gathered on the pier, waiting for rats and mice to leave ships loaded with Cheshire cheese. The abundance of food made them the happiest cats in the Kingdom; they seemed to be smiling contentedly!

Some sources claim that on the site of the Chester cheese warehouse, there used to be a monument to the Cheshire Cat. However, no official documents about this have survived, and the existence of the monument remains a mystery, as does the origin of Carroll’s Cheshire Cat. However, it is impossible to deny that true Cheshire cats lived in the city then and live now.

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The Cheshire Cat is a generalized image of British Blue cats.

It is a very common belief that the breed British Blue cats, known for their “smiling” facial expression, descended from cats that had long lived in Cornwall, gradually moving to Cheshire with people. This fascinating idea was put forward by David Hayden, who suggested that Lewis Carroll was undoubtedly familiar with these cats and their “smiles” in their time.

Cheshire Cat - an image inspired by Cheshire cheeses.

Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was born and grew up until the age of 11 in the small village of Daresbury in Cheshire. No doubt he had often seen local cheeses produced in the shape of various animals, one of which was a grinning cat.

The Cheshire Cat is a heraldic symbol.

The Cheshire Cat may have been derived from early Cheshire heraldry. For example, the coat of arms of the first Earl of Chester was engraved with a lion. The lion is a common heraldic symbol, and medieval artists were often required to depict it. Naturally, in the drawings the animal, which the artists had never even seen, turned out to look like cats. The image of an imaginary lion, at the same time, often turned out to be noticeably smiling.

The Cheshire cat came from the signs.

For reasons similar to those stated in the heraldic version, the Cheshire Cat may have come from signs depicting a lion. The signs of British pubs very often depicted a lion, which few artists actually met. Pub signs date back centuries, and the lions and leopards depicted on them were often referred to as cats.

Cheshire cat and church carvings.

Carroll may have formed the image of the Cheshire Cat under the influence of the figurine of a smiling cat that adorned the Church of St. Wilfrid (twelfth century), located in the Cheshire village of Grappenhall. Carroll's father, a vicar, often preached there, and the boy must have noticed the cat during his visits to the church.

In the east of Cheshire is the small village of Pott Shrigley, where St Christopher's Church (thirteenth century) also has a cat's head carved on one of the interior walls, next to the pulpit, very much like the illustration in the book. Perhaps young Lewis Carroll could have noticed her too?

At the age of 11, Carroll moved from Cheshire to Croft-on-Tees in the north-east of England. His father was then minister of Croft Church and archdeacon of Richmond (1843 to 1868). In the place reserved for the clergy in the church, a lion's face was carved in stone on one side. When looking at him from one of the pews of the church, it seems that the lion is smiling broadly; but if you look at him standing, the smile disappears, exactly like the Cheshire Cat.

Okay, I've often seen cats without a smile, Alice thought, but a smile without a cat? This is the most curious thing I have seen in my life!

When the floorboards of the rectory were opened around 1950, some Victorian artefacts were found that could well have belonged to the Dodgson family. Among them was a white glove, but it could have belonged to the White Rabbit himself!

Carroll later lived for several years in Guildford, Surrey, and often visited the nearby village of Cranleigh, where St Nicholas Church had a Gargoyle figure resembling a cat. Who knows, maybe the Cheshire Cat was born in Carroll’s imagination thanks to her?

The Cheshire cat is the court jester.

There is an assumption that at one time there was a jester at court named Cat Kaitlin, who arrived from Cheshire. Since people would like to be as happy as the images shown to them, the expression burst into a smile like the Cheshire Cat could have been born as a tribute to his art. The author of this version admits, however, that all the efforts expended to prove the existence of this jester did not yield results. Therefore, perhaps this explanation is the least likely.

Quantum Cheshire cat.

The ability to leave a place, leaving only your smile, inspired scientists to give a name to one of the phenomena of quantum mechanics. During the experiments, it was discovered that the quantum system is capable of interconnecting itself in such a way as if the particles (cat) and their properties (smile) were at different points in space! Of course, this phenomenon has nothing to do with the origin of the hero of Lewis Carroll’s book, but it clearly speaks of his fame.

There are a lot of Cheshire cats in the paintings from me...

Continuing the topic about Lewis Carroll, I will tell you where he came from, this most smiling cat in the world.
From a Lewis Carroll fairy tale, you say. And, of course, you can't go wrong. A mysterious and completely unusual smile for cats has become a trademark of the fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland.” But the Cheshire Cat existed even before Carroll invented the inquisitive and sensible Alice and Wonderland with its eccentric citizens.

In the original version of the tale (1864), there was no Cheshire cat. It appeared in 1865.

The cheshire cat in the 1866 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by John Tenniel.
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The main feature of the Cheshire Cat is that, when it pleases, it disappears into thin air and leaves behind only a sardonic smile. The expression “smiles like a Cheshire cat” was very popular in England at that time. There are at least two options to explain where this expression came from.

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First: in Cheshire, where the storyteller Carroll was born, an unknown painter painted grinning cats over the doors of taverns. Actually, these should have been lions or leopards, but cats were apparently closer to the Cheshire soul.

from here: http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/pictures/cheshire-cat-pictures.html

Second: the appearance of smiling cats was given to Cheshire cheeses; their history goes back quite a few centuries. By the way, every year in February an interesting competition is held in Chester - the cheese rolling championship. Cheese is rolled ahead of the annual Food and Drink gastronomic festival. The residents of Chester faithfully support the Cheshire, Steelton and Lancashire teams, who in turn must faithfully overcome all obstacles. It all starts at 11 am. The Dean of Chester Cathedral gives the go-ahead for the race to begin, and the wheel of Cheshire cheese is rolled around Chester Gate, built in the 14th century on the site of a Roman rampart, and rolled towards the gate at Bridge Street Bridge.

from here: http://www.ebbemunk.dk/alice/alice13.html

From The Book of Fictional Creatures you can learn that in English there is an expression “grin like a Cheshire cat,” which means “to grin sardonically like a Cheshire cat.” Various explanations are given for the expression. One thing reminds us again of white Cheshire cheese.

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The second has to do with the Cheshire county - English jokers claimed that “even cats laughed at the high rank of a small county.” The third version says that during the reign of Richard the Third, an honest forester, Caterling, lived in Cheshire, who caught poachers and grinned sardonically at the same time.

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But the Cheshire Cat from Wonderland adopted the ability to disappear from the ghost of the Congleton Cat. During his life, this cat was the favorite of the caretaker of the abbey, but one fine day he did not return home after another walk... A few days later, the woman heard scratching at the door; Her beloved cat was sitting on the threshold, however, a moment later he disappeared, as if he had evaporated into thin air. The ghost of a white cat has been seen by hundreds of people over the years. He appeared every evening, and was seen by the caretaker, her friends, and visitors to the Cheshire Abbey. Carroll was apparently inspired by this story and used the image of the Congleton Ghost to create his smiling Cheshire Cat.

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The image of a grinning cat, who can dissolve into thin air, leaving behind only a smile, and who occupies Alice not only with conversations, but also sometimes with un-cat-like philosophical speculations, also appears in works based on Carroll’s fairy tale. The Cheshire cat can be seen in the Disney cartoon about Alice in Wonderland. The cat became one of the characters in the video game based on the Disney cartoon. In the computer game American McGee's Alice there is a very colorful looking Cheshire Cat, he plays the role of Alice's guide and companion in a virtual wonderland.

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It seems to us that it is not for nothing that the Dodo bird is depicted as looking like the extinct dodo: people like Capricorns are truly an endangered species - only they can make sufferers who have barely escaped the Sea of ​​Tears run pointlessly in circles. That is, it seems to all the little stupid girls out there that a competition in which everyone turns out to be a winner is a meaningless activity. But Capricorn knows exactly why this is needed: firstly, to dry out, and secondly, to calm down (remember about the Sea of ​​Tears?). And thirdly, actually get your prize. And anyone who thinks that all participants cannot win in a competition has never worked with Capricorn. Well, or he didn’t turn out to be the unfortunate person from whom Capricorn squeezes prizes for his metaphorical kindergarten. He beats him out with both his horns and his beak, so that you understand. But it’s okay, you will also get some nice souvenir.

- How so? - exclaimed the Mouse. “She should get a prize too!” “Undoubtedly,” agreed Dodo. - Do you have anything else in your pocket? - he asked Alice. “Only a thimble,” she answered sadly. “Give it here,” Dodo ordered. Everyone surrounded Alice, and Dodo solemnly handed her the thimble, saying: “We ask you to accept this elegant little thing!”

Aquarius - March Hare

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The March Hare, as we remember, is not just crazy, but naturally violently insane: he seems crazy even compared to all the other characters in the book. But in fact, he is perhaps the most complete person: all the other characters worry about everything all the time, but the Hare, it seems, only pretends, but in fact sincerely enjoys his madness. But, it seems to us, in this madness he is smarter than everyone else - well, because he gives Alice really the right advice. For example, always say what you think. And this advice, we believe, should be given to every girl in any incomprehensible situation. Just not so cruel:

“Drink some wine,” suggested the March Hare cheerfully. Alice looked at the table, but saw neither bottles nor glasses. “I don’t see him,” she said. - Still would! He's not even here! - answered the March Hare.

Pisces - Sonya

To be honest, every adult girl would like to become Sonya the Mouse at least for a week. Every grown girl who has a job, or school, or a child, or both, and the third combined: there is nothing more beautiful than, damn it, finally getting some sleep! But only the lucky Pisces succeed in this. That is, they, of course, do not sleep in public, but simply swim in the dark and deep waters of their rich inner world. Sometimes emerging to blurt out some stupidity. That is, we want to say to bestow those around you with the diamond fruits of your thoughts. However, there is no difference: no matter what Rybka, waking up from a metaphorical dream, blurts out, everyone will still first freeze in awe, and then begin to think: what does this even mean? The main thing is that there are no Hares or Hatters nearby, who “whip the chip” and are able to put the Fish in the teapot. Ugh be like that!

“That’s what I do,” Alice hastened to explain. “At least... At least I always mean what I say... and it’s the same thing...” “Not the same thing at all,” objected the Hatter. - So you will say something else good, as if “I see what I eat” and “I eat what I see” are the same thing! “So you will say again,” Sonya said without opening her eyes, “as if “I breathe while I sleep” and “I sleep while I breathe” are the same thing!

Aries - Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts is certainly a negative character, but we are sure that Aries will not be offended: the main antagonist is their favorite role, and it does not matter at all what the plot itself is about. Who cares about such little things, after all? No, if they bother you, you will certainly say about it - Aries will be grateful to you: here it is, a reason to cut off your head! Although, of course, it would be a big mistake to consider Aries as the embodiment of anger and senseless rage: this very rage is generated in them at such a speed that it simply needs to be drained somewhere so that it doesn’t explode and splash anyone. In general, if you remember, no one’s truly valuable head was ever taken off their shoulders (but that’s not certain).

- Darling, I would ask you to order this Cat to be removed. The Queen knew only one way to solve all problems, big and small. - Cut off his head! - she shouted without even turning around. “I’ll personally run after the Executioner!” - the King immediately responded and ran as fast as he could.

Taurus - White Rabbit

If you are close to a Taurus, then please remember that all troubles always begin with him: with this clean little scoundrel in a neat vest and kid gloves. Taurus always wants get started and as soon as he does this, everyone around him immediately dives after him into a black hole, that is, a rabbit hole, without realizing at all whether they need it or not. And then, you know, it will be too late. Then this will be all that you can read about from Carroll. Carroll himself, by the way, called the Rabbit the antagonist of Alice - in contrast to her “youth”, “purposefulness”, “courage” and “strength”, he corresponds to such traits as “advanced age”, “fearfulness”, “dementia” and “nervous fussiness” " Well, he probably gave up on the subject of dementia (dear editor-in-chief, the Magic Ball sends his regards to you!), but everything else is the crystal clear truth. Taurus runs for a reason. Taurus really believes that he is half a beat behind life and needs to move his rolls faster. But, by the way, if you stretch your skills and hurry after Taurus, you will find that he really is an excellent guide to the world of miracles.

- Ah, Duchess! Duchess! My poor paws! My poor mustache! She orders me to be executed! Give me something to drink, he orders!

Gemini - Mad Hatter

Even those who haven’t read Carroll, haven’t watched the cartoon, and can’t stand Johnny Depp (we, as a whole editorial team, strongly condemn the latter) know the Mad Hatter. Or rather, they think they know: Geminis, like the Hatter, are famous for their extravagance, bordering on madness, and those around them usually believe that Geminis are indeed a little out of their minds. Gemini, as you understand, is completely satisfied with this: if something happens, you can blame everything on your supposed “strangeness” - for those who do not understand anything. But for those who think they understand something, Gemini has its own double-bottom surprises in store. Like the famous riddle of the Mad Hatter, which the best minds of humanity have been trying to solve for 150 years. And, by the way, no one has yet given the correct answer, because it is impossible to agree on the main thing: can this riddle even have the only correct answer?!

“Your hair misses being cut,” said the Hatter. Before that, he looked at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and these were his first words. “You should learn that you can’t get personal,” Alice said sternly, “it’s very rude.” The Hatter's eyes widened upon hearing this; however, he only said out loud: “How is a raven similar to a desk?”

Cancer - Turtle Quasi

Not just a turtle, but a quasi-turtle, from which quasi-turtle soup is prepared. No, we don’t want to say that the evil and cruel world certainly dreams of devouring poor Cancer, but it is undeniable that Cancer himself sincerely believes in this. This is why Cancer constantly falls into pessimism, cries and regrets missed opportunities.

- Once upon a time I was a real Turtle. When we were little, we went to school at the bottom of the sea. Our teacher was an old man - Turtle. We called him Sprutik (because he always walked with a twig). We received the best education, and no wonder, because we went to school every day...

But we suspect that Cancers are just pretending, of course. In any case, we still haven’t met a brave man ready to make soup out of Cancer. Turtle - remember? - "quasi". The devil only knows what could come out of her shell. You'll be lucky if it's just a claw.

Leo - Griffin

The griffin is a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, simply cosmically beautiful and equally cosmically powerful: the griffin, it seems, is not satisfied with everything at all. The Quasi Turtle, in his opinion, cries too often, and the Queen of Hearts says too often that she chops off heads (the griffin is sure that nothing was chopped off to anyone). But the Griffin is always happy with himself. Actually, there is absolutely nothing to add to the characteristics of Leo, except that the head of an eagle would hardly suit them - somehow, you know, this is petty for such a powerful nature.

-But I received a classical education. - Like this? - asked Alice. “That’s how it is,” answered the Griffin. “My teacher, the old crab, and I would go outside and play hopscotch all day. What a teacher he was!

Virgo - Cheshire Cat

If we assume that there is at least one normal character in Carroll’s book (well, suddenly! Just for a change!), then it is, of course, him, the Cheshire Cat. True, the Cat himself is sure that he is absolutely abnormal and, let’s not be afraid of this word, completely stubborn. And this is the whole essence of Virgo:

— A dog growls when he’s angry and wags his tail when he’s happy. She, as we agreed, is normal. And I? I grumble when I'm happy and wag my tail when I'm angry. Conclusion: I am abnormal.

That is, while all other signs experience emotions for any reason, Virgo experiences some awkwardness: in any incomprehensible situation, an analytical headquarters unfolds in her head, and Virgo suspects that this is sometimes noticeable from the outside. “How awkward it turned out!” - Virgo thinks and disappears, leaving an embarrassed smile in the air. Supposedly embarrassed, because Virgo does not know how to be sincerely embarrassed. But, like the Cat, he knows how to sincerely make friends. If, of course, you remember that the Cheshire Cat is a kind and positive character, but he has great teeth and claws.

Libra - Alice

Carroll, in his article “Alice on the Stage,” described the character as: gentle, like a doe, courteous towards everyone, trusting and “inquisitive to the extreme, with that taste for Life that is available only to a happy childhood, when everything is new and good, and Sin and Sorrow are just words, empty words that mean nothing.”

We, in fact, have almost nothing to add to the words of the respected author, except for the moralizing maxim: “Libra! Your curiosity will one day destroy you!” But in reality, of course not. In fact, Libra's curiosity, sooner or later, one way or another, leads them to the world of real miracles. And we don't envy. Nope. Not a bit at all!

“If everything in the world is meaningless,” said Alice, “what’s stopping you from inventing some meaning?”

Scorpio - Caterpillar

Philosophizing about the meaning of life, arguing and winning in discussions, as well as leading little ones astray from the true path are Scorpio’s most favorite pastimes. It should be noted that he is an outstanding manipulator: an insect larva with bad habits (presumably illegal) is not exactly a Guru, but for some reason everyone always follows Scorpio’s advice. And it seems to us that we know why: no one except Scorpio knows how to literally drive their neighbors to white heat with just two phrases, and then turn things around as if they themselves are the fools to blame. Talent!

- Why? - asked the Caterpillar. This was another puzzling question; and as Alice could not think of any convincing reason, and the Caterpillar seemed to be in a very bad mood, the girl simply turned and walked away. - Come back! - the Caterpillar called out to her. - I'll tell you something important! This certainly sounded promising; Alice turned around and went back. “Control yourself,” said the Caterpillar.

Sagittarius - King of Hearts

Sometimes it seems to us that the dear Universe invented Sagittarius for one and only purpose: to balance evil with good. These born defenders of the humiliated and oppressed are able to easily cope even with Aries, not to mention some fictional Queens of Hearts. But here’s what’s important: having entrusted Sagittarius with this honorable but difficult mission, the dear Universe gave them goodies in advance - for being harmful. So everyone usually loves and appreciates Sagittarius and really tries with all their might to put a crown on their head. Even if the ruler of a particular Sagittarius comes out frankly like cardboard.

- Cut off her head! Cut her off!.. - Nonsense! - Alice answered very loudly and decisively, and the Queen bit her tongue. The king timidly took her hand and said: “Come to your senses, dear, this is a little girl!”

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In our rational world, sometimes a little bit of madness and fairy tales are so lacking. And there is no one who knows this better than the Cheshire Cat.

website collected 25 of the wisest and at the same time craziest thoughts of this “guide” to magical worlds. Quotes are collected from the book “Alice in Wonderland” by L. Carroll, the film of the same name by Tim Burton and the computer game American McGee’s Alice.

• - Taking anything seriously in this world is a fatal mistake.
  - Is life serious?
  - Oh yes, life is serious! But not very...
• I'm not crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
• No matter how you look, you must look in the right direction.
• - But I don’t really want to end up with crazy people.
  - Well, you can’t change anything here - we’re all crazy here: both you and me.
• The fact is that while you are small, you can see what is invisible to you when you are big.

• - In our world, everything is possible.
  - Correction: in yours. In mine, everything is according to my rules.

• When someone's head is in the clouds, someone's heart gets wet.
• I love psychos: only they understand the world around us, only with them I can find a common language.
• When the road is a mystery, try walking at random. Ride with the wind.

• Those who choose the difficult path are called fools.
• Confidence and recklessness are two sides of the same coin.
• Watch, learn, act.
• Sometimes the reflection in the mirror is more real than the object itself.
• At times, in her madness, I see glimpses of real talent.

• Unintelligent does not mean ignorant.
• When miracles become delirium, reason turns into madness.
• - How should I understand you?
  - You don't need to understand me. Be sure to love and feed on time.
• It doesn't matter why the significant became insignificant. It has become, and that’s it.
• Guess the riddle: when does a croquet mallet look like a stun gun? The answer is obvious: whenever you want.
• - What are those sounds over there? - asked Alice.
  “Oh, these are miracles,” explained the Cheshire Cat indifferently.
  - And what are they doing there? - the girl asked.
  “As it should be,” the cat yawned. - They happen.
• Threats, promises and good intentions - none of these are actions.
• You have two choices: one will lead you to happiness, the other will lead you to madness. My advice to you is don’t stumble.

• - Tell me, please, where should I go from here?
  -Where do you want to go? - answered the Cat.
  “I don’t care...” said Alice.
  “Then it doesn’t matter where you go,” said the Cat.
  “If only I could get somewhere,” Alice explained.
  “You’ll definitely end up somewhere,” said the Cat. - You just need to walk long enough.
• Some people don't see a way out even if they find one. Others simply don't look.
• Talking about bloodshed at the table spoils my appetite.
• Collect everything you find useful. Except indifference and ignorance. And then maybe you will survive.
• Those who say that there is nothing better to calm the nerves than a cup of tea have not actually tried real tea. It's like an injection of adrenaline straight to the heart.
• If the Cheshire Cat smiles, it means someone needs it.
• -Where can I find someone normal?
  “Nowhere,” answered the Cat, “there are no normal people.” After all, everyone is so different and dissimilar. And this, in my opinion, is normal.