Quotes About Wonder

said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice.

altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out

Pero qué cosas extrañas pasan hoy! Y ayer todo sucedía como es usual. Me pregunto si cambié durante la noche. Déjame pensar, ¿era yo la misma cuando me levanté esta mañana? Creo recordar que me sentía un poco diferente. Pero si no soy la misma, la siguiente pregunta es, ¿quién de todo el mundo soy yo? ¡Ah, ese si que es un gran enigma!

or conversation?' So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit

what would become of me? They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here: the great wonder is, that there's any one left alive!

For nonsense, as Chesterton liked to tell us, is a way of looking at existence that is akin to religious humility and wonder.

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

she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.

Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but she thought they were nice grand words to say.)

And 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.

She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out of the wood to listen.

You may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.

Look on the branch above your head,' said the Gnat, 'and there you'll find a snap-dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy.

except a tiny golden key

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

for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And 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.

thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural);

I think I could, if I only know how to begin." For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

generally happens when one eats cake; 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.

First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she

I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think— (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) —but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand? Or Australia?

had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She

lo mejor caigo a través de toda la tierra! ¡Qué divertido sería salir donde vive esta gente que anda cabeza abajo! Los antipáticos, creo...

What a curious feeling!" said Alice; "I must be shutting up like a telescope.