Lewis Carroll Quotes
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I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?
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I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.
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Now that's a thing I WILL NOT STAND, And so I tell you flat.
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Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.
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In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam- Life, what is it but a dream?
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Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.
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When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms Watts, of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved.... There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!
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As life draws nearer to its end, I feel more and more clearly that it will not matter in the least, at the last day, what form of religion a man has professed-nay, that many who have never even heard of Christ, will in that day find themselves saved by His blood.
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A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful.
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One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.
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Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.
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I have seen so many extraordinary things, nothing seems extraordinary any more.
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To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that said 'I've a sceptre in hand, I've a crown on my head. Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be, Come and dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and me.
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Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
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I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
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Who's the Knight-Mayor?' I cried. Instead Of answering my question, 'Well, if you don't know THAT,' he said, 'Either you never go to bed, Or you've a grand digestion!
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In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts--it is unusual to offer both.
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I'm getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting: So, if you don't object, my dear, We'll try a glass of bitter beer - I think it looks inviting.
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It was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.
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You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more... muchier... you've lost your muchness.
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Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
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My beloved friend - one of the most unique and charming personalities of our time.
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Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you.
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I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.