Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. Lewis Carroll
About This Quote

This quote says many things. First, the author of the quote is Mrs. Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Alice in Wonderland in 1865. Secondly, it says that through children’s lives they are able to see their best selves in the future. They are able to see their own childhoods when they were children and they can see that child do good things for them in their future lives.

Source: Alice In Wonderland

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