- "'what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 1 - "Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 1 - "Curiouser and curiouser!"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 2 - "'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!'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 2 - "How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale! ..."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 2 - "'Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 3 - "'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, Sir,' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself you see.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 5 - "'If everybody minded their own business,' the Duchess said, in a hoarse growl, 'the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 5 - "'If it had grown up,' she said to herself, 'it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 6 - "we're all mad here"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 6 - "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 7 - "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 7 - "Off with her head!"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 8 - "'Perhaps it hasn't one,' Alice ventured to remark.
"'Tut, tut, child!' said the Duchess. 'Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 9 - "Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 9 - "We called him Tortoise because he taught us."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 9 - "'Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied; 'and then the different branches of arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 9 - "'Well, I never heard it before,' said the Mock Turtle; 'but it sounds uncommon nonsense.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 10 - "Soup of the evening, beautiful soup!"
- Lewis Carroll, Chapter 10, Alice in Wonderland - "'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 12 - "I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 12 - "Sentence first--verdict afterwards."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 12 - "You're nothing but a pack of cards!"
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 12
Alice in Wonderland Quotes
By Esther Lombardi, About.com
Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, was first written for Alice Pleasance Liddell. The book was first published in 1865. This book and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, are still popular and widely translated. Here are a few quotes:
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