Top 25 Quotes by Lewis Carroll of 367 - Page 15

But I was thinking of a way To feed oneself on batter, And so go on from day to day Getting a little fatter.

But I was thinking of a way To feed oneself on batter, And so go on from day to day Getting a little fatter.

Thinking, Goes On, Littles

Lewis Carroll (1875). “Through the Looking-glass: And what Alice Found There”, p.178

What a funny watch!’ she remarked. ‘It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell what o’clock it is!’ ‘Why should it?’ muttered the Hatter. ‘Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?’ ‘Of course not,’ Alice replied very readily: ‘but that’s because it stays the same year for such a long time together.’ ‘Which is just the case with MINE,’ said the Hatter.

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Years, Long, Together

Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?

Lewis Carroll

Math, Knives, Division

Lewis Carroll (1875). “Through the Looking-glass: And what Alice Found There”, p.189

“I don't like the look of it at all,” said the King: “however, it may kiss my hand, if it likes.” “I'd rather not,” the Cat remarked.

Lewis Carroll

Kings, Cat, Hands

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

When I’m a Duchess,” she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone though), “I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen at all. Soup does very well without. Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,” she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, “and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that; then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it, you know—

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Sweet, Children, People

Lewis Carroll “Alice's Adventures”, Lulu.com

A minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!

Lewis Carroll

Time, Trying, Might

Lewis Carroll (2015). “Through the Looking-Glass”, p.113, eKitap Projesi

I dare say you never even spoke to Time!" "Perhaps not," Alice cautiously replied; "but I know I have to beat time when I listen to music." "Ah! That accounts for it," said the Hatter. "He won't stand a beating. Now, if only you kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you like with the clock.

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Clock, Beats, Spokes

'I beg your pardon?' Alice said with a puzzled air. 'I'm not offended,' said Humpty Dumpty.

Lewis Carroll

Air, Confusion, Confusing

Lewis Carroll, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (2014). “The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll With All the Original Illustrations + The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll: All the Novels, Stories and Poems: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland + Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There + Sylvie and Bruno + A Tangled Tale + What the Tortoise Said to Achilles + Puzzles from Wonderland + The Hunting of the Snark and much more”, p.195, e-artnow

But, said Alice, the the world has absolutely no sens, who's stopping us from inventing one?

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Stopping, World, Said

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!

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Summer, Queens, Heart

1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.11,'Who Stole the Tarts?'.

What does it matter where my body happens to be?' he said. 'My mind goes on working all the same.

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Mind, Doe, Goes On

Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt it ought to be treated with respect.

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Cat, Long, Teeth

Lewis Carroll (1920). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.89

It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does.

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Running, Tree, Doe

Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

She felt a little nervous about this; 'for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

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Flames, Going Out, Looks

Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.17, Branden Books

It’s a miserable story!” said Bruno. “It begins miserably, and it ends miserablier. I think I shall cry. Sylvie, please lend me your handkerchief.” “I haven’t got it with me,” Sylvie whispered. “Then I won’t cry,” said Bruno manfully.

Lewis Carroll

Thinking, Stories, Cry

Lewis Carroll (1893). “Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (Fully Illustrated)”, p.136, LCI

I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use them; so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer means. So, whatever good meanings are in the book, I'm glad to accept as the meaning of the book.

Lewis Carroll

Book, Mean, Use

Lewis Carroll, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (2014). “The Complete Novels of Lewis Carroll With All the Original Illustrations + The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland + Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There + Sylvie and Bruno + Sylvie and Bruno Concluded”, p.857, e-artnow