Нужно бежать со всех ног, чтобы только оставаться на месте, а чтобы куда-то попасть, надо бежать как минимум вдвое быстрее!

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.

Льюис Кэрролл (англ. Lewis Carroll, настоящее имя Чарльз Лютвидж Доджсон, или Чарльз Латуидж Доджсон) — английский писатель, математик, логик, философ, диакон и фотограф. Наиболее известные произведения — «Алиса в Стране чудес» и «Алиса в Зазеркалье», а также юмористическая поэма «Охота на Снарка».

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer.
His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem “Jabberwocky”, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark – all examples of the genre of literary nonsense.
He is noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.