The Cheshire Cat is a fictional character from Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. It is distinguished by its characteristic naughty smile.
The Cheshire Cat appears in Disney’s 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland.
In the novel, it is the Duchess’s cat that comes to Alice as she leaves the Duchess’s home.
Here is a curated collection of the best quotes by Cheshire Cat from the Alice in Wonderland book.
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Cheshire Cat Quotes from Alice in Wonderland
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war with reality.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“You used to be much more…muchier. You’ve lost your muchness.” ~ Cheshire Cat.
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“And no scheme of ours can raise any sort of smile.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“When you’ve understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can’t understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“I am not crazy; my reality is just different from yours.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures 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 all my life!” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
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Famous Cheshire Cat Quotes from Alice in Wonderland
“No one does [play fair] if they think they can get away with it.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” ~ Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland).
“Not at all,” said Alice: “she’s so extremely—” Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening: so she went on “—likely to win, that it’s hardly worth while finishing the game.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Never let anyone drive you crazy; it is nearby anyway and the walk is good for you.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“I went to a hunting party once, I didn’t like it. Terrible people. They all started hunting me!” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Every adventure requires a first step.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Visit either you like: they’re both mad.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“We are all victims in-waiting.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“The proper order of things is often a mystery to me.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
Popular Cheshire Cat Quotes from Alice in Wonderland
“It’s always tea time.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“You may have noticed, I’m not all there myself.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Haste makes waste, so I rarely hurry. But if a ferret were about to dart up my dress, I’d run.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“How fine you look when dressed in rage. Your enemies are fortunate your condition is not permanent. You’re lucky, too. Red eyes suit so few.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Let your need guide your behavior.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Well, some go this way, and some go that way. But as for me, myself, personally, I prefer the short-cut.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock strikes heavy and there’s no time for tea; and in our darkest hour, before my final rhyme, she will come back home to Wonderland and turn back the hands of time.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the same thing as ‘I get what I like’!”
“You might just as well say, ” added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, “that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe’!” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
Top Cheshire Cat Quotes from Alice in Wonderland
“I’m stranger. You’re stranger. Together, we are… strangers.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Only a few find the way, some don’t recognize it when they do – some… don’t ever want to.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Somehow you strayed and lost your way, and now there’ll be no time to play, no time for joy, no time for friends – not even time to make amends.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“How do you like the Queen?” said the Cat in a low voice.
“Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?”
The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?” ~ Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland).
“Can you stand on your head?” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Goodbye, sweet hat.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
Profound Cheshire Cat Quotes from Alice in Wonderland
“I could hardly afford to lose my head.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Not all who wander are lost.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“If you’re gonna make it to the top, get a grip on this rock, and get a grip on yourself.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“I can’t know everything.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“Actually, I am right on time.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“There might be some sense to your knocking,” the Footman went on, without attending to her, “if we had the door between us. For instance, if you were inside, you might knock and I could let you out, you know.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
“I never get involved in politics.” ~ Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
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