Quotes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

24 notable lines from Lewis Carroll · 1871

Off with her head!

The Queen of Hearts, Wonderland ch. 8
  1. we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.

    The Cheshire Cat, Wonderland ch. 6
  2. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

    Jabberwocky
  3. Curiouser and curiouser!

    Alice, Wonderland ch. 2
  4. Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!

    The White Rabbit, Wonderland ch. 1
  5. When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.

    Humpty Dumpty
  6. 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
  7. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

    The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5
  8. '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
  9. Why is a raven like a writing-desk?

    The Mad Hatter, Wonderland ch. 7
  10. "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
  11. 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
  12. "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
  13. You're nothing but a pack of cards!

    Alice, Wonderland ch. 12
  14. Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

    Alice
  15. Sentence first — verdict afterwards.

    The Queen of Hearts, Wonderland ch. 12
  16. Who are you?

    The Caterpillar, Wonderland ch. 5
  17. The question is, which is to be master — that's all.

    Humpty Dumpty, Looking-Glass ch. 6
  18. 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
  19. It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

    The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5
  20. The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day.

    The White Queen, Looking-Glass ch. 5
  21. Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

    The Duchess, Wonderland ch. 9
  22. 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
  23. Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

    The Dodo, Wonderland ch. 3