Lewis Carroll Quotes
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Well that was the silliest tea party I ever went to! I am never going back there again!
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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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And as to being in a fright, Allow me to remark That Ghosts have just as good a right In every way, to fear the light, As Men to fear the dark.
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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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A sadder vision yet: thine aged sire Shaming his hoary locks with treacherous wile! And dost thou now doubt Truth to be a liar? And wilt thou die, that hast forgot to smile?
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I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?
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'I've caught a cold,' the Thing replies, 'Out there upon the landing.' I turned to look in some surprise, And there, before my very eyes, A little Ghost was standing!
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Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been.
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Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?
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The light was faint, and soft the air That breathed around the place; And she was lithe, and tall, and fair, And with a wayward grace Her queenly head she bare.
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But, said Alice, the the world has absolutely no sens, who's stopping us from inventing one?
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Now that's a thing I WILL NOT STAND, And so I tell you flat.
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You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!
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There's no use in comparing one's feelings between one day and the next; you must allow a reasonable interval, for the direction of change to show itself.
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Do you suppose she's a wildflower?
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A minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!
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All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide.
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She's stark raving mad!
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And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.
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As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant.
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Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
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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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The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.
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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!