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

Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!

She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Curiouser and curiouser! Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth,

Hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump!

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

Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder.

Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?

Do not, oh do not indulge such a wild idea that a newspaper might err! If so what have we to trust in this age of sham?

Say, can thy noble spirit stoop
To join the gormandising troop
Who find a solace in a soup?

In some ways, you know, people that don't exist, are much nicer than people that do.

We CAN talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to

Am I mad?"
"I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers! But I'll tell you a secret ... all of the best people are!

She who saves a single soul, saves the universe.

I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For,

Alice: Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Hatter: I haven't the faintest idea.

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.

I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet.

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

Here is a golden Rule ... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule!

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

At any rate, there's no harm in trying.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.

So she brushed away her tears, and went on, as cheerfully as she could.

Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?

waistcoat-pocket,

Why, Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!

I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole - and yet - and yet - it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!

Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

Some children have the most disagreeable way of getting grown-up

A minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!

It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she

By-the-bye, what became of the baby?

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her,

What a strange world we live in ... Said Alice to the Queen of hearts

If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!

The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and scurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.

The vast unfathomable sea
Is but a Notion-unto me.

Who Stole the Tarts?

Consider anything, only don't cry!

People who don't think shouldn't talk.

Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!

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

At first, the two creatures got so close to her, one on each

I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide

We haven't any and you're too young.

You shouldn't make jokes if it makes you so unhappy.

Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it
- the Dutchess

Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!

I must be shutting up like a telescope.

We called him Tortoise because he taught us.

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it
it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.

The time has come,the Walrus said,

Oysters followed

we're all mad here. I'm

With a sort of mental squint.

It began with the tea,' the Hatter replied.

The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?"
Alice: "Yes ... "
The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.

And never, never, dear madam, put 'Wednesday' simply as the date! That way madness lies!

And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy.

know,' said the Mouse. 'Of course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. 'What else have you got in your pocket?' he went

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?

'And how, who am I? I will remember, if I can! I'm determined to do it!' But being determined didn't help much ...

Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena, and you're a bone!

No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.

Alice gave a little scream of laughter.

She's in that state of mind that she wants to deny something -only she doesn't know what to deny!

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

Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant.

We're add mad here.

Is all our Life, then but a dream Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time's dark resistless stream?

It had a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffy and hot buttered toast

The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.

We are but older children, dear,
Who fret to find our bedtime near.

You know very well you're not real.

My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.

It's done by everyone minding their own business

ORANGE MARMALADE',

The further off from England the nearer is to France-
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.

I am fond of children - except boys.

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Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. There

Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to ...

Only the insane equate pain with success."
"The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die."
_Cheshire Cat

Sentence first; verdict afterwards. -Queen of Hearts

Curiouser and curiouser!

My view of life is, that it's next to impossible to convince anybody of anything.

Death is always sad, I suppose, to us who look forward to it: I expect it will seem very different when we can look back upon it.

By which I get my wealth
And very gladly will I drink
Your Honour's noble health.