Quotes About Curiosity

Down the Rabbit-Hole

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? 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!

Wonderland, though

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at!

What mattered it to her just then that the rushes had begun to fade and to lose all their scent and beauty, from the very moment that she picked them? Even real scented rushes, you know, last only a very little while-- and these, being dream-rushes, melted away almost like snow, as they lay in heaps at her feet-- but Alice hardly noticed this, there were so many other curious things to think about.

She stretched herself up on tiptoe and peeped over the edge and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top, with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either

anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.) Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this

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

Presently she began again. '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 downward! 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

Aber ich mag nicht unter verrückte Leuten gehen, bemerkte Alice. Oh, dagegen kann man nichts machen, sagte die Katze; wir sind hier alle verrückt.Ich bin verrückt. Du bist verrückt. Woher weißt du denn, dass ich verrückt bin?, fragte Alice. Du musst es sein, sagte die Katze, sonst wärst du nicht hierhergekommen.

To be sure, this is what 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.

came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!

so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

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

daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?

down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.) Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let

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

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 soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

Pero es que a mí no me gusta tratar con gente loca —protestó Alicia. —Oh, eso no lo puedes evitar —repuso el Gato—. Aquí todos estamos locos. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca. —¿Cómo sabes que yo estoy loca? —preguntó Alicia. —Tienes que estarlo —afirmó el Gato—, o no habrías venido aquí.

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.