Quotes from Lewis Carroll

Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale.

I'm not crazy. My reality is just different than yours.

Well, now that we have seen each other, said the unicorn, if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you.

Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!

Come back! the Caterpillar called after her. I've something important to say. This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again. Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

Sentence first; verdict afterwards. -Queen of Hearts

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on: 'And how do you know that you're mad?' 'To begin with,' said the Cat, 'a dog's not mad. You grant that?' 'I suppose so,' said Alice. 'Well then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.' 'I call it purring, not growling,' said Alice.

Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, "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.

Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up; if not, I'll stay down here till I'm someone else.

When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes.

She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

Well that was the silliest tea party I ever went to! I am never going back there again!

Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.

Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.

But it's no use now, thought poor Alice, to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!

But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!

What a funny watch!' she remarked. 'It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!' 'Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. 'Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?' 'Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: 'but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.' 'Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast