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Quotes from Lewis Carroll

Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so grave that she did not dare to laugh; and, as she could not think of anything to say, she simply bowed, and took the thimble, looking as solemn as she could.
~ Lewis Carroll
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
I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here.
~ Lewis Carroll
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, Beautiful, beautiful Soup!
~ Lewis Carroll
Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?
~ Lewis Carroll
In Winter, when the fields are white, I sing this song for your delight. In Spring, when the woods are getting green, I'll try and tell you what i mean. In Summer, when the days are long, perhaps you'll understand the song. In Autumn, when the leaves are brown, take pen and ink, and write it down.
~ Lewis Carroll
Your hair wants cutting," said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech. "You should learn not to make personal remarks," Alice said with some severity; "it's very rude.
~ Lewis Carroll
bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her
~ Lewis Carroll
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?
~ Lewis Carroll
That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first--' 'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment. 'I never heard of such a thing!' '--but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both ways.' 'I'm sure MINE only works one way,' Alice remarked. 'I can't remember things before they happen.' 'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.
~ Lewis Carroll
LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES!—and then all the people cheered again, and one man, who was more excited than the rest, flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as well as I could make out) "Who roar for the Sub-Warden?" Everybody roared, but whether it was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly appear: some were shouting "Bread!" and some "Taxes!", but no one seemed to know what it was they really wanted.
~ Lewis Carroll
it had a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffy and hot buttered toast
~ Lewis Carroll
noticed, had powdered hair that curled all
~ Lewis Carroll
You may charge me with murder - Or want of sense (We are all of us weak at times): But the slightest approach to a false pretence Was never among my crimes!
~ Lewis Carroll
This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking, as it went, "One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.
~ Lewis Carroll
Sê o que aparentas», ou, de uma maneira mais simples: «Nunca te imagines diferente do que aparentas aos outros, porque se foste diferente, também eles te imaginariam diferente.
~ Lewis Carroll
Sé lo que quieres parecer»
~ Lewis Carroll
What sort of people live about here? - In THAT direction lives, lives a Hatter and in THAT direction, lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad. - But I don't want to go among mad people. - Oh, you can't help that, we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. - How do you know I'm mad? - You must be, or you wouldn't have come here.
~ Lewis Carroll
Ever drifting down the stream ? Lingering in the golden gleam ? Life, what is it but a dream?
~ Lewis Carroll
on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?
~ Lewis Carroll
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
~ Lewis Carroll
The first o in borogoves is pronounced like the o in borrow. I have heard people try to give it the sound of the o in worry. Such is Human Perversity.
~ Lewis Carroll
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage
~ Lewis Carroll
He was one of those men whom success never mollified, whose enjoyment of a point gained always demanded some hoarse note of triumph from his own trumpet.
~ Lewis Carroll