Overheard among a group of middle school boys drinking mochas in a coffeehouse, as one tastes another’s coffee: “That is so ridiculously sweet! That’s like something a five-year-old would make!”

There are many lessons to be gleaned by an adult reading Alice in Wonderland. One especially hit home for me.

Yesterday, I reread Alice in Wonderland, a treasure trove of now-famous quotes, and happened upon this one.