i never asked you to love me

‘I know who I was when I woke up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.’

‘What do you mean by that?’ said the caterpillar sternly. ‘Explain yourself!’

‘I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.’

‘I don’t see,’ said the caterpillar.

‘I’m afraid I can’t put it more clearly,’ Alice replied very politely, ‘for I can’t understand it myself to begin with.’

Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”