The quotations of

Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar

1832–1898

48 quotes, most often on Comedy, Time and Talking.

“Exactly so,” said Alice.
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on.
“I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least⁠—at least I mean what I say⁠—that’s the same thing, you know.”
“Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Chapter VIIIn context
- Talking
“O Tiger-lily,” said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, “I wish you could talk!”
“We can talk,” said the Tiger-lily: “when there’s anybody worth talking to.”
Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter IIIn context
- Clever Jabs
- Talking
‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
‘To talk of many things:
Of shoes⁠—and ships⁠—and sealing-wax⁠—
Of cabbages⁠—and kings⁠—
And why the sea is boiling hot⁠—
And whether pigs have wings.’
Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter IVIn context
- Poetry
- Talking
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “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.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master⁠—that’s all.”
Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter VIIn context
- Power
- Talking
“Speak English!” said the Eaglet. “I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Chapter IIIIn context
- Clever Jabs
- Talking

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