Quotes From "Alices Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Lookingglass" By Lewis Carroll

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

What do you call yourself?" the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had! " I wish I knew! " thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, "Nothing, just now."" Think again, " it said: "that won't do." Alice thought, but nothing came of it. "Please, would you tell me what you call yourself?" she said timidly, "I think that might help a little."" I'll tell you, if you'll come a little further on, " the Fawn said. "I can't remember here." So they walked on together through the wood, Alice with her arms clasped lovingly round the soft neck of the Fawn, till they came out into another open field, and here the Fawn gave a sudden bound into the air, and shook itself free from Alice's arms. "I'm a Fawn! " it cried out in a voice of delight. "And dear me, you're a human child! " A sudden look of alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes, and in another moment it had darted away at full speed. . Lewis Carroll

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

Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?" when it grunted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm. This time there could be no mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it any further. | So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. "If it had grown up, " she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes a rather handsome pig, I think." And she began thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs, and was just saying to herself, "if one only knew the right way to change them--" when she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. . Lewis Carroll

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

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

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

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

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

Tut, tut, child! " said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll

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

The time has come, " the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings Lewis Carroll

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

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

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

She who saves a single soul, saves the universe. Lewis Carroll

You're enough to try the patience of an oyster! Lewis Carroll

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

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

At any rate I'd better be getting out of the wood, for really its coming on very dark. Do you think it's going to rain?' Tweedledum spread a large umbrella over himself and his brother, and looked up into it.' No, I don't think it is, ' he said: 'at least - not under here. Nohow.''But it may rain outside?'' It may - if it chooses, ' said Tweedledee: 'we've got no objection. Contrariwise. Lewis Carroll

Hold your tongue! ’ said the Queen, turning purple. ‘I won’t! ’ said Alice. ‘Off with her head! ’ the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved. ‘Who cares for you?’ said Alice (she had grown to her full size by this time). ‘You’re nothing but a pack of cards! ’ At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her; she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tired to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face. ‘Wake up, Alice dear! ’ said her sister. ‘Why, what a long sleep you’ve had! ’ So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, 1865 . Lewis Carroll

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

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

It is part of the pholosophic dullness of our time that there are millions of rational monsters walking about on their hind legs, observing the world through pairs of flexible little lenses, periodically supplying themselves with energy by pushing organic substances through holes in their faces, who see nothing fabulous whatever about themselves. Martin Gardner

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

Cheshire Puss, ' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far, ' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'' That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, ' said the Cat.'I don't much care where–' said Alice.'Then it doesn't matter which way you go, ' said the Cat.'–so long as I get SOMEWHERE, ' Alice added as an explanation.' Oh, you're sure to do that, ' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough. Lewis Carroll

A likely story indeed! " said the Pigeon, in a tone of the deepest contempt. "I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never one with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg! "" I have tasted eggs, certainly, " said Alice, who was a very truthful child; "but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know."" I don't believe it, " said the Pigeon; "but if they do, then they're a kind of serpent: that's all I can say. Lewis Carroll

Contrariwise, ' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. Lewis Carroll

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

And it certainly did seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose, ' she thought) that, though she managed to pick plenty of beautiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was always a more lovely one that she couldn't reach." The prettiest are always further! " she said at last, with a sigh at the obstinacy of the rushes in growing so far off. Lewis Carroll

Come back! " the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say." This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again." Keep your temper, " said the Caterpillar. Lewis Carroll

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

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

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