Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?” said the March Hare.”Exactly so,” said Alice.”Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on.”I do,” Alice hastily...

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

Come back!” the Caterpillar called after her. “I’ve something important to say.”This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again.”Keep your temper,” said the Caterpillar.

What do you call yourself?” the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!”I wish I knew!” thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, “Nothing, just now.””Think again,” it said: “that won’t...

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,Lingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July —Children three that nestle near,Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased a simple tale to hear —Long has paled that sunny sky:Echoes fade and memories...

¡Es de… lo más… irritante… -dijo al fin- que una persona no sepa distinguir una corbata de un cinturón!- Sé que es una terrible ignorancia por mi parte – dijo Alicia en un tono tan...

have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.

Then it doesn’t matter which way you walk…-so long as I get somewhere.

flüsterte Alice, „es geschehe dadurch, daß Jeder vor seiner Thüre fege.

Consider anything, only don’t cry!

Come, my child,” I said, trying to lead her away. “Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries.””Good-bye, poor hare!” Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we...

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...

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

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried It said “You must not weep” If, full of mirth, I smile and grin, It...

Go on till you come to the end; then stop.

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

She who saves a single soul, saves the universe.

And how do you know that you’re mad? “To begin with,” said the Cat, “a dog’s not mad. You grant that?” I suppose so, said Alice. “Well then,” the Cat went on, “you see a...

Must a name mean something?” Alice asked doubtfully.Of course it must,” Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; “my name means the shape I am – and a good handsome shape it is, too. With...

Alice thought to herself, ‘Then there’s no use in speaking.’ The voices didn’t join in this time, as she hadn’t spoken, but to her great surprise, they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand...

You and your husband have, I think, been very fortunate to know so little, by experience, in your own case or in that of your friends, of the wicked recklessness with which people repeat things...

To be sure I was!’ Humpty Dumpty said gaily, as she turned it round forhim. ‘I thought it looked a little queer. As I was saying, that SEEMSto be done right–though I haven’t time to...

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her...

In most gardens”, the Tiger-lily said, “they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.

Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing–turn your toes out when you walk—And remember who you are!

Take off your hat,” the King said to the Hatter.”It isn’t mine,” said the Hatter.”Stolen!” the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact.”I keep them to sell,” the...

You’re enough to try the patience of an oyster!

What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning– and a child’s more imporant than a joke, I hope. You couldn’t deny that, even...

For instance, take the two words “fuming” and “furious.” Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first. Now open your mouth and speak. If...

And it certainly did seem a little provoking (‘almost as if it happened on purpose,’ she thought) that, though she managed to pick plenty of beautiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was always...

But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won’t see anything

It’ll be no use their putting their heads down and saying “Come up again, dear!”I shall only look up and say “Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then,if I like being that...

If you think we’re waxworks,” he said, “you ought to pay, you know.Waxworks weren’t made to be looked at for nothing. Nohow!””Contrariwise,” added the one marked ‘DEE’, “if you think we’re alive, you ought to...

Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.”I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.””You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s...

When we were little,” the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, “we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle –...

I wish I hadn’t cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. “I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!...

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 thing a...

Speak English!” said the Eaglet. “I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!” And the Eaglet bend down its head to hide a smile:...

The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?-Alice in Wonderland

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.””I don’t much care where –””Then it doesn’t matter which way you...

It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

Where should I go?” -Alice. “That depends on where you want to end up.” – The Cheshire Cat.

And ever, as the story drainedThe wells of fancy dry,And faintly strove that weary oneTo put the subject by,”The rest next time–” “It is next time!”The Happy voice cry.Thus grew the tale of Wonderland

The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. “What are they doing?” Alice whispered to the Gryphon. “They can’t have anything to put down yet, before the trial’s begun.””They’re putting down their...

But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.”Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.””How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.”You must be,”...

But, said Alice, if the world has absolutely no sense, who’s stopping us from inventing one?