I am trying hard to stop reading bad books. I've gone through life feeling compelled to finsih what I start, which includes BAD BOOKS. It runs in the family too. My brother is just like me. Having said that, I'm going to include some passages from Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll. I have not finished the book and may not. You will have to check back and see. All I can say is if you were in doubt about Lewis Carroll being an opium addict, read this book.
"Oftens and oftens," said Bruno, "haven't oo told me 'There mustn't be so much noise, Bruno!' when I've told oo 'There must!' Why, there isn't no rules at all about 'there mustn't! But oo never believes me!" "As if any one could believe you, you wicked wicked boy!" said Sylvie. The words were severe enough, but I am of opinion that, when you are really anxious to impress a criminal with a sense of his guilt, you ought not to pronounce the sentence with your lips quite close to his cheek-since a kiss at the end of it, however accidental, weakens the effect terribly. p. 125
Yet is it wise to leave it unasked? You must not waste your life upon an 'if''! p.166
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