Well, now that we have seen each other,” said the unicorn, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you.
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.
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.
Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love, that makes the world go round!
You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
Well, then,′ the Cat went on, ’you see, a dog growls when it’s angry, and wags its tail when it’s pleased. Now I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.
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 Red Queen shook her head. “You may call it ‘nonsense’ if you like,” she said, “but I’ve heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!
All right,” said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
Well that’s it: if you don’t think, you shouldn’t talk!
The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.
Birds of a feather flock together.
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!
Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I am not the same, the next question is “Who in the world am I?
Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “You might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!
I entered my room, and undrew the window-curtains, just in time to see the sun burst in glory from his ocean-prison, and clothe the world in the light of a new day.
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least – at least I mean what I say – that’s the same thing, you know.
The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can I have dropped them, I wonder?