Alice in Wonderland quotes

“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”

— Spoken by a character · I. Down the Rabbit-Hole

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

— Spoken by a character · VI. Pig and Pepper

“we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”

— the Cat · VI. Pig and Pepper

“I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”

— Alice · V. Advice from a Caterpillar

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

— the King · XII. Alice’s Evidence

But if I’m not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!

— Spoken by a character · II. The Pool of Tears

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

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!

— Spoken by a character · IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.

— Spoken by a character · II. The Pool of Tears

“If you knew Time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”

— the Hatter · VII. A Mad Tea-Party

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.

Why, there’s hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!

— Spoken by a character · I. Down the Rabbit-Hole