Quotes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
24 notable lines from Lewis Carroll · 1871
Off with her head!
we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
The Cheshire Cat, Wonderland ch. 6 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
Jabberwocky Curiouser and curiouser!
Alice, Wonderland ch. 2 Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!
The White Rabbit, Wonderland ch. 1 When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.
Humpty Dumpty Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!
'Jabberwocky', Looking-Glass ch. 1 Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Opening stanza of 'Jabberwocky', Looking-Glass ch. 1 Why is a raven like a writing-desk?
The Mad Hatter, Wonderland ch. 7 "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.
Alice and the Cheshire Cat, Wonderland ch. 6 Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.
The Red Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 2 "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —"
'The Walrus and the Carpenter', Looking-Glass ch. 4 You're nothing but a pack of cards!
Alice, Wonderland ch. 12 Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Alice Sentence first — verdict afterwards.
The Queen of Hearts, Wonderland ch. 12 Who are you?
The Caterpillar, Wonderland ch. 5 The question is, which is to be master — that's all.
Humpty Dumpty, Looking-Glass ch. 6 Begin at the beginning, the King said gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
The King of Hearts, Wonderland ch. 12 It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5 The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day.
The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5 Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
The Duchess, Wonderland ch. 9 Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin, thought Alice; but a grin without a cat!
Alice, on the Cheshire Cat, Wonderland ch. 6 Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.
The Dodo, Wonderland ch. 3