Lewis Carroll Quotes

I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?""It can talk," said H...

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

I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.

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

Curiouser and curiouser.

And it certainly did seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose,' she thought) th...

The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. "What are they doing?" Alice whispered...

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

you're entirly bonkers but I'll tell you a secret all the best people are

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar too...

How long is forever?Sometimes just one second

And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?

I wish creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!", "You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpi...

Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on."I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least-...

Little Alice fell d o w nthe hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul

Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said,...

Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop...

If there is no meaning in it," said the King, "that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn'...

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!"I shall only look up...

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

have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?''That depends a good deal on where you...

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

Cat: Where are you going?Alice: Which way should I go?Cat: That depends on where you are going.Alice...

Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly."I've had nothing yet," Alice repl...

It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"- Lewis Carroll, Ali...

Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be her...

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying, 'Come up again, dear!' I shall only look ...

If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.

Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everythingthat Alice said; ‘there’s...

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

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

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?""That depends a good deal on where you...

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to g...

No Ghost of any common sense begins a conversation

'The horror of that moment ' the King went on T shall never never forget!' 'You will though 'the ...

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste i...

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take of care themselves.

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should ...

"The horror of that moment " the King went on "I shall never forget." "You will though " the Queen...

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee Agreed to have a battle For Tweedle Dum said Tweedle Dee Had spoiled hi...

'When I use a word ' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone 'it means just what I choose it t...

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one fo...

I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried It said "You...

Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare."Exactly so," sai...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to ...

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

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

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

When you come to any passage you don't understand, read it again: if you still don't understand it, ...

Now here you see it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get...

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,Lingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July —Children three that nestl...

Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'I daresay yo...

In most gardens they make the beds too soft – so that the flowers are always asleep.

Alice asked the Cheshire Cat who was sitting in a tree "What road do I take?"The cat asked, "Where d...

Sometimes I have believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a sh...

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it t...

What does it matter where my body happens to be?' he said. 'My mind goes on working all the same.

For I do not believe God means us thus to divide life into half halves - to wear a grave face on Sun...

Let craft, ambition, spite, Be quenched in Reason's night, Till weakness turn to might, Till what is...

What matter it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied."There is another shore, you know, upon the ...

As children', wrote Alice Raikes (Mrs. Wilson Fox) in The Times, January 22, 1932, 'we lived in Onsl...

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

Then it doesn't matter which way you walk...-so long as I get somewhere.

One! two! and through and throughThe vorpal blade went snickersnack!He left it dead, and with its he...

What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning-...

Consider anything, only don’t cry!

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to...

Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---...

You and your husband have, I think, been very fortunate to know so little, by experience, in your ow...

For instance, take the two words "fuming" and "furious." Make up your mind that you will say both wo...

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look...

Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?

Perhaps the hardest thing in all literature— at least I have found it so: by no voluntary effort can...

In vain we roared;in vain we triedTo rouse her into laughter:Her pensive glances wandered wideFrom o...

Scarce was the verdict spoken,When that still calm was broken,A childish form hath burst into the th...

Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!

,"I am not crazy, my reality is just different from yours."-Cheshire Cat

Speak English!" said the Eaglet. "I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's mor...

All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail...

When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to...

I see nobody on the road,' said Alice'I only wish I had such eyes,' The King remarked in a fretful t...

Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but...

At any rate I'd better be getting out of the wood, for really its coming on very dark. Do you think ...

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

And ever, as the story drainedThe wells of fancy dry,And faintly strove that weary oneTo put the sub...

What do you call yourself?" the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!"I wish I knew!" t...

and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such t...

Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say."This sounded promisi...

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

I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall ...

Alice thought to herself, 'Then there's no use in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this time, as...

How is it you can talk so nicely?' Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment...

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

Oh, don't go on like that!" cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. "Consider what a gr...

Hold your tongue!’ said the Queen, turning purple. ‘I won’t!’ said Alice. ‘Off with her head!’ the Q...