100+ Famous Alice in Wonderland Quotes That Inspire & Captivate

“Curiouser and curiouser!”

“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

“Adventure! Oh, how I long for adventure!”

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

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

“I’m late, I’m late! For a very important date!”

“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

“Everything is possible when you’re young and imaginative.”

“I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then.”

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

“There’s no point in walking if you don’t know where you’re going.”

“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar.

“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir, because I’m not myself, you see.”

“I’m not the same as I was before, I can feel it.”

“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.”

“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”

“You may call it ‘nonsense’ if you like, but I’ve heard nonsense that makes more sense than that.”

“I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?”

“Sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

“I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.”

“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”

“I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.”

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

“Why is a raven like a writing desk?”

“Have I gone mad?” “I’m afraid so. But let me tell you something—the best people usually are.”

“Time is an excellent teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

“No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!”

“You might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!”

“We called him Hatta, and his name is Haigha—H-a-i-g-h-a.”

“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, “or see, you haven’t had any yet.”

“You should learn not to make personal remarks,” Alice said with some severity. “It’s very rude.”

“It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited.”

“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter. “It’s very easy to take more than nothing.”

“Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you’re at!”

“Nothing is more important than punctuality, except perhaps tea.”

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

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”

“Well, I’ve often seen a cat without a grin… but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!”

“You’ll get somewhere, if you walk long enough.”

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”

“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.”

“Logic! Why, logic is a kind of madness.”

“Your moves are dictated by your position.”

“All paths lead somewhere, especially the ones we choose.”

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight.”

“The only way to survive madness is to embrace it.”

“Smiling through confusion is still smiling.”

“Off with her head!”

“Sentence first—verdict afterwards.”

“Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”

“The trial’s the thing! I judge all the cases myself, for they always begin with the sentence and end with the verdict.”

“You have no right to grow here!”

“Rule Forty-two: All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.”

“I make the rules!”

“I declare it’s marked out just like a large board!”

“Let all of them have heads!”

“Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense!”

“Speak when you’re spoken to!”

“I won’t be judged by a pack of cards!”

“Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”

“There’s no use trying; one can’t believe impossible things.”

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

“One cannot speak about nonsense without making it sound logical.”

“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.”

“Nonsense is the language of dreams and truth.”

“Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.”

“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today.”

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper.”

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”

“If there’s no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any.”

“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”

“It’s always such a puzzle where to begin.”

“When I grow up, I’ll write a book of nonsense.”

“I’ve changed sizes so many times today that I’m quite confused.”

“How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second.”

“I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth!”

“The more I shrink, the less I am, until I disappear altogether.”

“I must be shutting up like a telescope.”

“I’m growing smaller and smaller every day, and after a while I’ll disappear.”

“I used to know how to cry for no reason. Now I have reasons, but I don’t cry.”

“Growing up means learning to live in a world that doesn’t make sense.”

“Eventually, one grows tired of pretending to be someone else.”

“Is this real? Or has it been a dream?”

“It was much pleasanter at home, when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.”

“I must be dreaming—I must be dreaming.”

“Reality is just a crutch for those who can’t handle magic.”

“I wonder if dreams ever dream about people.”

“Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.”

“It’s a very mysterious thing, a dream.”

“Perhaps you might wake up and find you’ve been asleep all along.”

“I can believe six impossible things before breakfast.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem.”

“Only a few find the door to Wonderland. Fewer still remember the way back.”

“The best dreams are the ones you never want to wake up from.”

“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!”

“I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.”

“I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then.”

“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said. “Try again.”

“I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night?”

“Nothing happens in this garden.”

“I only wanted to see what the garden was like.”

“I suppose I’d better go and see what’s going on.”

“I’m sure I’m not Ada, for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all.”

“I’m not a bit hurt,” thought Alice. “And I haven’t cried a single tear!”

“I wish I hadn’t cried so much!”

“I’m not the same size as I was before.”

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

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”

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

“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”

“Sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”

“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.”

“I’ve often believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

“No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.”

“It’s always tea-time.”

“You can’t believe impossible things.”

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’.”