Quotes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?”

The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”

“I don’t know,” Alice answered.

“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“That's the reason they're called lessons," the Gryphon remarked: "because they lessen from day to day.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you’re sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Alice thought to herself "I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“at any rate, there's no harm in trying.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“what you would seem to be"—or if you'd like it put more simply—"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“if you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“I could tell you my adventures--beginning from this morning,' said Alice a little timidly: 'but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“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, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“If you knew Time as well as I do,’ said the Hatter, ‘you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“simply—"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“I wish I hadn't cried so much!”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. 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, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--"Birds of a feather flock together.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“How long is forever?
Sometimes just one second”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“no use in crying like that!' said Alice to herself, rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute!”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. ‘I don’t much care where —’ said Alice. ‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“either the locks were too large, or the key was too small,”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. 'I know SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does.”
― Lewis Carroll, quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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