Alice In Wonderland Book Quotes

• 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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  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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• '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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• The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.

  Lewis Carroll

  Food, Yesterday, Cooking

  Though the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (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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• Why is a raven like a writing desk?

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Mad

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

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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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• 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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• 'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'

  Lewis Carroll

  Book, Reading, Wonderland

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 1 (1865)

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• Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Funny, Cute

  1865 The Duchess. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.9,'The Mock Turtle's Story'.

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• If you don't know where you're going any road will do

  Lewis Carroll

  Baseball, Travel, Goals Dreams

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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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• 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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• If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

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• Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.

  Lewis Carroll

  Tea, Wonderland, Said

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.44

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• Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.

  Lewis Carroll

  Two, Miles, Court

  Lewis Carroll (2011). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Second Edition”, p.154, Broadview Press

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• If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

  Lewis Carroll

  Poison, Wonderland, Bottles

  Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.16, Branden Books

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• Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 1 (1872)

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• Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophy, Philosophical

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 12

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Patience, Adventure, Adventurous Life

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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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• 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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• 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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