Jane Carruth’s “Alice in Wonderland” is a retelling of the well-known story by Lewis Carroll.
The plot centers around Alice, who tumbles into an extraordinary world filled with peculiar creatures and surreal situations after descending a rabbit hole.
We have curated a list of top quotes from Alice in Wonderland for you.
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Alice in Wonderland Quotes by Jane Carruth
“If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.” ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
“Curiouser and curiouser!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“It is better to be feared than loved.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin,’ thought Alice ‘but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“I don’t think…” then you shouldn’t talk, said the Hatter.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.
‘I don’t much care where -‘ said Alice.
‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.
‘- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,’ Alice added as an explanation.
‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
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Best Alice in Wonderland Quotes by Jane Carruth
“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Have I gone mad?
I’m afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Well that was the silliest tea party I ever went to! I am never going back there again!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Have I gone mad? I’m afraid so.
You’re entirely Bonkers.
But I will tell you a secret,
All the best people are.” ~ Alice in wonderland.
Quotes from Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“It’s done by everyone minding their own business.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“You’re thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
“No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret: All the best people are.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.” ~ Lewis Carroll , Alice in Wonderland
“Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
Famous Alice in Wonderland Quotes by Jane Carruth
“If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“You’re thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I can’t tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit.”
“Perhaps it hasn’t one,” Alice ventured to remark.
“Tut, tut, child!” said the Duchess. “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to…” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Mine is a long and a sad tale!’ said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. ‘It is a long tail, certainly,’ said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse’s tail; ‘but why do you call it sad?” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“We’re all mad here.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“What a strange world we live in…Said Alice to the Queen of hearts.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“We’re all mad here. Im mad. You’re mad.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Speak roughly to your little boy
and beat him when he sneezes!
he only does it to annoy,
because he knows it teases!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
Inspirational Alice in Wonderland Quotes by Jane Carruth
“The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Either it brings tears to their eyes, or else -“
“Or else what?” said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.
“Or else it doesn’t, you know.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Speak English!’ said the Eaglet. ‘I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and I don’t believe you do either!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”
“I don’t much care where –”
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Birds of a feather flock together.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“It’s always tea-time.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Off with their heads!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“If you don’t know where you are going it doesn’t matter which road you take.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Yes, that’s it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it’s always tea time.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Look after the senses and the sounds will look after themselves.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“The Mad Hatter: “Would you like some wine?”
Alice: “Yes…”
The Mad Hatter: “We haven’t any and you’re too young.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
“Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything
that Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral
of that is– “The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
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