Alice-in-wonderland Quotes
From an essay on early reading by Robert Pinsky:My favorite reading for many years was the "Alice" b...
Show MoreRunning along the bank was a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and looking worriedly at a clock. Appe...
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Well, I want novels,' said Tessa. 'Or poetry. Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into li...
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To be sure, this is what generally happens when one eats cake; but Alice had got so much into the wa...
Show MoreIf you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
For I do not believe God means us thus to divide life into half halves - to wear a grave face on Sun...
Show MoreAlice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste i...
Show MoreWho in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!"I shall only look up...
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Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said,...
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I wish creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!", "You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpi...
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How long is forever?Sometimes just one second

And it certainly did seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose,' she thought) th...
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It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' says the White Queen to Alice.

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

The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax -...
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I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?""It can talk," said H...
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Why it's simply impassible!Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Nothing's impossible!

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

When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little no...
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Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat.

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

A likely story indeed!" said the Pigeon, in a tone of the deepest contempt. "I've seen a good many l...
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Oh, don't go on like that!" cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. "Consider what a gr...
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I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall ...
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What do you call yourself?" the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!"I wish I knew!" t...
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Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but...
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Speak English!" said the Eaglet. "I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's mor...
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Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---...
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