Curiouser and curiouser… Lewis Carroll Quotables
Writer of the Alice books, lover of nonsense, brilliant mathematician and the very quotable indeed Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson on this day in 1832.
Teeming with fantastical characters, language-bending wordplay and surrealist dream-logic, Carroll’s writing has inspired countless literary and cinematic homages and adaptations, and we happen to be huge fans of all things Carrollian here in Quotables HQ.
Although an ‘unbirthday’ celebration would be more appropriate, for Carroll’s anniversary here’s a handful of delights related his most famous creation – the ever-curious Alice…
10 Alice Quotables
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.
— Lewis Carroll
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
— Lewis Carroll
Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance?
— Lewis Carroll
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice.
— Lewis Carroll
It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
— Lewis Carroll
No! No! Sentence first — verdict afterwards.
— Lewis Carroll
Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.
— Lewis Carroll
— Lewis Carroll
Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
— Lewis Carroll
Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.
— Lewis Carroll
Looking for an interactive Alice in Wonderland experience? We love this fantastic Alice in Wonderland iPad app.
Tell us your favourite Lewis Carroll quotables!
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