Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. There
A tale begun in other days,When summer suns were glowing -A simple chime, that served to timeThe rhythm of your rowing -Whose echoes live in memory yet,Though envious years would say 'forget.
It seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don't exactly know what they are!
Came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!
And the moral of that is —Be what you would seem to be— or if you’d like it put more simply —Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might...
You know, he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off. pg. 199
You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father Willi...
Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail. There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting o...
Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad HatterI haven't the slightest idea. - Alice
When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when I grow up, I...
When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so man...
What do you know about this business?' the King said to Alice. 'Nothing,' said Alice. 'Nothing whatever?' persisted the King. 'Nothing whatever,' said Alice. 'That's very important,' the King said, tu...
What curious attitudes he goes into!' (For the messenger kept skipping up and down, and wriggling like an eel, as he came along, with his great hands spread out like fans on each side.)'Not at all,' s...
Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; 'Why, what a long sleep you've had!' 'Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these stra...
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, th...
The sea was wet as wet could be,The sands were dry as dry.You could not see a cloud, becauseNo cloud was in the sky:No birds were flying overhead - There were no birds to fly.
Pero no quiero andar entre locos, protestó Alicia. Oh, no puedes evitarlo, dijo el Gato: todos estamos locos por aquí. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca.
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.
In vain we roared;in vain we triedTo rouse her into laughter:Her pensive glances wandered wideFrom orchestra to rafter -TIER UPON TIER! she said,and sighed;And silence followed after.
I've had nothing yet,'Alice repilied in an offended tone, 'so I can't takr more.''You mean you can't take less.' said the Hatter: ' it's very easy to take more than nothing.