Quotes About Absurdity

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

Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more. March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.

The Red Queen shook her head. You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, she said, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!

Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice

We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. [...] You must be, or you wouldn't be here.

stuff and nonsense

Cheshire Cat: If I were looking for a white rabbit, I'd ask the Mad Hatter. Alice: The Mad Hatter? Oh, no no no... Cheshire Cat: Or, you could ask the March Hare, in that direction. Alice: Oh, thank you. I think I'll see him... Cheshire Cat: Of course, he's mad, too. Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people. Cheshire Cat: Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here. [laughs maniacally; starts to disappear] Cheshire Cat: You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself.

You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in its sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe'!

You might just as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get' is the same thing as 'I get what I like'!

I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense.

It's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding!

Two days wrong! sighed the Hatter. I told you butter wouldn't suit the works! he added, looking angrily at the March Hare. It was the best butter, the March Hare meekly replied.

Oh, you ca'n'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.

The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed 'Off with her head! Off—' 'Nonsense!' said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.

Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!

I've a right to think, said Alice sharply. Just about as much right, said the Duchess, as pigs have to fly. ~ Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 ~

If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

I know what you're thinking about," said Tweedle-dum, "But it ain't so, nohow." "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Oh, there's no use in talking to him,' said Alice desperately: 'he's perfectly idiotic!' And

Really, now you ask me,' said Alice, very much confused, 'I don't think--' Then you shouldn't talk,' said the Hatter.

Oh, you foolish

It began with the tea,' the Hatter replied.

Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone: "so I can't take more." "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take more than nothing.

Really, now you ask me," said Alice, very much confused, "I don't think——" "Then you shouldn't talk," said the Hatter.