Quotes by Lewis Carroll

About Lewis Carroll:

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.
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Did you forget a dentist appointment or something, big guy? Where the hell did you hop off to?

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I’m not sure a real man would smoke something that sounds like a mixed drink ice cream cone.

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What if it’s a shy fish? Is that a 'coy koi?' What? Don’t hate me because I’m asking the important questions.

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You’re in the country of the kangaroo and the duck-billed platypus, and you’re asking ‘why is it a mushroom? Because it just IS.

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Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel when I’m around you: confused, but still satisfied.' I freeze, trying to figure out how to cancel it out and replace it with something that sounds a whole lot less like sex and a candy bar ad.

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I brought you out here because I wanted to share a sunrise with you, and maybe even a sunset. I wanted to see how much I could kiss you between now and the time we dock tomorrow. And if I was really lucky, I was hoping I could lie with you until you ...

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Follow me down, Alice Faye Dahl. I know the way.

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Alice, winning means manipulation. It means taking people—people who may have helped you in the past, even people you care about—and using them without hesitation or regret. It means making decisions that would be viewed by any normal-thinking hu...

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I believe the phrase you’re looking for is ‘too much money and not enough things to spend it on.

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The question is: will I get used to a menu with kilojoules instead of calories? I mean, I don’t think anyone even knows how many kilojoules are in a calorie. I had to break out a whiteboard this morning and do calculus just to figure out how many c...

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Would you like to hear about the fascinating things lizards can do if you chew off their tails?

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So…while we’re sitting here on this luxury yacht enjoying our bread and water, why doesn’t someone tell me the plan?

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Didn’t you read the invitation? There’s going to be a game in a little while--the big Twister game in an hour. Make sure you eat plenty of bread.

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My help—it’s not a light switch you can turn on and off. My help starts right now, and after this point you don’t get to tell me that you don’t want it anymore. Understand? You had a chance to walk away, Alice, and you didn’t take it. Now i...

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Have you thrown ‘Why is a raven like a writing desk?’ at her yet?

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For someone named Alice, you’re really not all that up on your Wonderland trivia.

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Do you ever answer anything in a way that people expect you to?

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I like it because when people use a lot of poker lingo, it usually means they’ve been playing the game for a while. Which is why I immediately avoid those people.

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Suddenly, the giant, three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld appears next to her—sans two of its heads—and sits down. As a child, we had a neighbor with a Great Dane, and I know they’re about three feet tall at the shoulder....

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For the first time, there’s no barrier between us and we make eye contact. All of a sudden, I feel like the character in Raiders of the Lost Ark—the one who watches in horror as the wispy, beautiful angels floating from the Ark of the Covenant mo...

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I’ll get you and your little dog too?’ You say your girl can’t pay me back? Believe me when I say that that little gift’s just gonna keep right on giving.

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Author Bio

  • NameLewis Carroll
  • DescriptionEnglish writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
  • AliasesCharles Lutwidge Dodgson; Charles Dodgson
  • BornJanuary 27, 1832
  • DiedJanuary 14, 1898
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMathematician; Logician; Photographer; Poet; Deacon; Children's Writer; Diarist; Novelist; Writer; Autobiographer
  • WorksAlice's Adventures In Wonderland; Through The Looking-Glass; The Hunting Of The Snark; Jabberwocky