Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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Quotes by Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Why it's simply impassible!Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Nothing's impossible!"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer today."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"And ever, as the story drainedThe wells of fancy dry,And faintly strove that weary oneTo put the subject by,"The rest next time--" "It is next time!"The Happy voice cry.Thus grew the tale of Wonderland"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Why it's simply impassible!Alice: Why, don't you mean impos"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -""Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked."We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily: "really you are very dull!"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"I see nobody on the road,' said Alice'I only wish I had such eyes,' The King remarked in a fretful tone. 'To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light!"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. "What are they doing?" Alice whispered to the Gryphon. "They can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun.""They're putting down their names," the Gryphon whispered in reply, "for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' says the White Queen to Alice."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Alice thought to herself, 'Then there's no use in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this time, as she hadn't spoken, but to her great surprise, they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand what thinking in chorus means--for I must confess that I don't), 'Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Speak English!" said the Eaglet. "I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!" And the Eaglet bend down its head to hide a smile: some of the other birds tittered audibly."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?""It can talk," said Haigha, solemnly.The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said, "Talk, child."Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!""Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"She who saves a single soul, saves the universe."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that: then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it, you know—"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"And how do you know that you're mad? "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" I suppose so, said Alice. "Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Oh, don't go on like that!" cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. "Consider what a great girl you are. Consider what a long way you've come today. Consider what o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't cry!"Alice could not help laughing at this, even in the midst of her tears. "Can you keep from crying by considering things?" she asked."That's that way it's done," the Queen said with great decision: "nobody can do two things at once, you know."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on.'What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice.That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"How is it you can talk so nicely?' Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment. 'I've been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk.''Put your hand down, and feel the ground,' said the Tiger-lily. 'Then you'll know why.'Alice did so. 'It's very hard,' she said, 'but I don't see what that has to do with it.''In most gardens,' the Tiger-lily said, 'they make the beds too soft - so that the flowers are always asleep."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

"Aren't you sometimes frightened at being planted out here, with nobody to take care of you?''There's the tree in the middle,' said the Rose:'what else is it good for?''But what could it do, if any danger came?' Alice asked.'It could bark,' said the Rose."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass