Alice Adventures In Wonderland Quotes - Page 2

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Patience, Adventure, Adventurous Life

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• I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Night, Thinking

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.8, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Wish, Wonderland

  "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There". Book by Lewis Carroll, December 27, 1871.

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• The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth.

  Lewis Carroll

  Silence, Mouths, Lasts

  Lewis Carroll (1972). “Alice in Wonderland”, p.26, Jeff Koo

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• How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly he spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!

  Lewis Carroll

  Water, Shining, Tails

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 2 (1865)

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• She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

  Lewis Carroll

  Flames, Fancy, Remember

  Lewis Carroll (2014). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.10, Pan Macmillan

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• Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.

  Lewis Carroll

  Sweet, Sky, Tea

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 7 (1865)

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• Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Queens, Believe

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?

  Lewis Carroll

  Book, Reading, Tired

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 1 (1865)

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• ...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!

  Lewis Carroll

  Domestic Violence, Violence, Serpent

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is– “The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

  Lewis Carroll

  Moral, Duchess, Mustard

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.128, Delphi Classics

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• What a funny watch!’ she remarked. ‘It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell what o’clock it is!’ ‘Why should it?’ muttered the Hatter. ‘Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?’ ‘Of course not,’ Alice replied very readily: ‘but that’s because it stays the same year for such a long time together.’ ‘Which is just the case with MINE,’ said the Hatter.

  Lewis Carroll

  Years, Long, Together

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural

  Lewis Carroll

  Natural, Ought

  Lewis Carroll (2012). “Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.12, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Speak English, Long

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: That CUPCAKE was off her head!”, p.23, Oldcastle Books

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• One can't believe impossible things.

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Math, Impossible Things

  1871 Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 5,'Wool and Water'.

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• You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit." "Perhaps it hasn't one," Alice ventured to remark. "Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Thinking, Moral

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland Collection”, Lulu.com

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• Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

  Lewis Carroll

  Caterpillars, Said, Temper

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.97, Delphi Classics

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• You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Forget, Dear

  Lewis Carroll “Alice's Adventures”, Lulu.com

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• Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail! See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance: They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance?

  Lewis Carroll

  Turtles, Waiting, Lobster

  Lewis Carroll (2017). “Alice in Wonderland Collection: All Four Books: All Four Books”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• "In my youth," said his father, "I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life."

  Lewis Carroll

  Father, Talking, Law

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 5 (1865)

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• Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!

  Lewis Carroll

  Beautiful, Food, Soup

  1865 Song of the Mock Turtle. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.10.

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• Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

  Lewis Carroll

  Winning, Dodo Bird, Prize

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.16, Cosimo, Inc.

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• And how do you know that you're mad?

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Mad, Alice In Wonderland Alice

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “The Complete Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

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• 'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked around the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. 'I don't see any wine,' she remarked. 'There isn't any,' said the March Hare.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wine, Tea, Tables

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: That CUPCAKE was off her head!”, p.55, Oldcastle Books

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• Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

  Lewis Carroll

  Dance, Dancing, Ballet

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 10 (1865)

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