One of my favorite books when I was young was Alice in Wonderland. Imagine how dismayed I was to learn in college that I was reading the work of a Victorian Michael Jackson, if you will. But if we threw out every writer with a dubious social life, our libraries would be small indeed. I later read Through the Looking Glass and one of the best conversations every written. It takes place between Alice and the White Queen.....Alice says something like "It's no use, I just can't believe it." The White Queen responds with, "I dare say you haven't tried hard enough. Why when I was your age I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." In my younger days I think I could have bested the White Queen, but now that I'm out of practice I probably couldn't manage more than two or three......pity really.
That's interesting because that fabulous line is said by Alice in the latest movie. either way, it's my ultimate favourite book now (and i'm not so young!).