Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Events Quotes

Wonderland, Chapter 1

Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and, burning with curiosity, she ran...

Wonderland, Chapter 2

"It's no use talking about it," Alice said, looking up at the house and pretending it was arguing with her. "I'm not going in again yet. I know I should have to get through the Looking-glass again...

Wonderland, Chapter 3

Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through. "It's something very like learning geography," thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in ho...

Wonderland, Chapter 4

By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid-gloves: she took up the fan and a...

Wonderland, Chapter 5

"I only hope the boat won't tipple over!" she said to herself. "Oh, what a lovely one! Only I couldn't quite reach it." And it certainly did seem a little provoking ("almost as if it happened to be...

Wonderland, Chapter 6

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't much care where – " said Alice. "Then it doesn't...

Wonderland, Chapter 7

"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least – at least I mean what I say – that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thin...

Wonderland, Chapter 8

"A cat may look at a king," said Alice. "I've read that in some book, but I don't remember where." (Wonderland 8.58)

Wonderland, Chapter 9

"I've been to a day-school, too," said Alice. "You needn't be so proud as all that." "With extras?" asked the Mock Turtle, a little anxiously. "Yes," said Alice: "we learned French and music." "And...

Wonderland, Chapter 11

"And that's the jury-box," thought Alice; "and those twelve creatures," (she was obliged to say "creatures," you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) "I suppose they are th...

Wonderland, Chapter 12

It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr. "If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,' or any rule of th...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 1

"Now, if only you'll attend, Kitty, and not talk so much, I'll tell you all my ideas about Looking-glass House. First, there's the room you can see through the glass – that's just the same as...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 2

"Well, she has the same awkward shape as you," the Rose said: "but she's redder – and her petals are shorter, I think." "They're done up close, like a dahlia," said the Tiger-lily: "not tumbl...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 3

"—then you don't like all insects?" the Gnat went on, as quietly as if nothing had happened. "I like them when they can talk," Alice said. "None of them ever talk, where I come from." "What s...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 4

"I like the Walrus best," said Alice: "because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters." "He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee. "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 5

"I can't believe that!" said Alice. "Can't you?" the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes." Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 6

"Seven years and six months!" Humpty Dumpty repeated thoughtfully. "An uncomfortable sort of age. Now if you'd asked my advice, I'd have said 'Leave off at seven' – but it's too late now." "I...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 7

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to her to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. "I don't quite understand you," she said, as politely as she cou...

Looking-Glass, Chapter 8

The Knight looked surprised at the question. "What does it matter where my body happens to be?" he said. "My mind goes on working all the same." (Looking-Glass 8.70)

Looking-Glass, Chapter 9

"I'm sure I didn't mean – " Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen interrupted her impatiently. "That's just what I complain of! You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of a chi...