Alice In Wonderland Alice Quotes

• Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

  Lewis Carroll

  Life, Success, Art

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass”, p.13, Bibliolis Books

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• Alice: "How long is forever?" White Rabbit: "Sometimes, just one second."

  Lewis Carroll

  White, Long, Forever

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Book by Lewis Carroll, November 26, 1865.

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• '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

  Time, Kings, Shoes

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 4 (1872)

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• I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Thinking, Wonderland

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

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  I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Life, Change, Time

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 10 (1865)

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• If everybody minded their own business... the world would go round a deal faster than it does.

  Lewis Carroll

  Doe, Wonderland, World

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

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• Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Thinking, Wonderland

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

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• If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see?

  Lewis Carroll

  Wise, Would Be, Wonderland

  "Fictional character: Alice". "Alice in Wonderland", 1951.

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• Now, here, you see, 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, Somewhere Else, Wonderland

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 2 (1872)

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• I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Silence, Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.115, Delphi Classics

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• Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Wonderland, Saws

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 6 (1865)

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• Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!

  Lewis Carroll

  Mean, Might, March

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 7

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• Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. “No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?” “I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Ideas

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• Why, you might just as well say that, I see what I eat, is the same as, I eat what I see.

  Lewis Carroll

  Food, Cooking, Might

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 7

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• I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass, Said

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

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• She [Alice] went on "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

  Dog, Cat, Mad

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Book by Lewis Carroll (Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper), November 26, 1865.

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• You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Used, Lost

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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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• Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Nonsense, Right Direction

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• Why is a raven like a writing desk?

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Mad

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 7 (1865).

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• You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, People, Mad

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• It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophical, Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll (1976). “Alice Through the Looking Glass: Musical”, p.13, Dramatic Publishing

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• Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?

  Lewis Carroll

  Travel, Wonderland, Way

  The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll Pig and Pepper

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• 'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Mad, People

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• Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Creativity, Ignorance

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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