Quotes About Lewis Carroll

The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to

Not like cats " cried the Mouse in a shrill passionate voice. "Would you like cats if you were me

It's a pun!' the King added in an offended tone, and everybody laughed, 'Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.

No use, no use!' said the King. 'She runs so fearfully quick. You might as well try to catch a Bandersnatch! But I'll make a memorandum about her, if you like-she's a dear good creature,' he repeated softly to himself, as he opened his memorandum-book. 'Do you spell creature with a double e?

He wasn't running, said Bruno, and he wasn't crawling. He went struggling along like a portmanteau. And he held his chin ever so high in the air—

It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very simply and neatly arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it.

How fond she is of finding morals in things!' Alice thought to herself.

All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting 'Off with his head!' or 'Off with her head!' Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution.

It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, 'the way all the creatures argue. It's enough to drive one crazy!' The

the English novel is childish because what is desired is not maturity and wisdom but a return to the safety and innocence of childhood—

Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple

Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting

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.

What! Never heard of uglifying!' it exclaimed. 'You know what to beautify is, I suppose?' 'Yes,' said Alice doubtfully: 'it means — to — make — anything — prettier.' 'Well, then,' the Gryphon went on, 'if you don't know what to uglify is, you are a simpleton.

shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved. Who cares for you? said Alice (she had grown to her full size by this time).

Why,' said the Dodo, 'the best way to explain it is to do it.

Fan her head!' the Red Queen anxiously interrupted. 'She'll be feverish after so much thinking'.

She can't do Subtraction,' said the White Queen. 'Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife—what's the answer to that?

White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he

Give your evidence,' said the King; 'and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot.

That was a narrow escape!" said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence. "And now for the garden!

A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named) Remarked, when I bade him farewell—" "Oh, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaimed, As he angrily tingled his bell.

number of changes she had gone through that day. 'A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. 'I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never one with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!' 'I have tasted eggs, certainly