Through the Looking-Glass

Book · 5 characters · 511 quotes · 1865

Quotes from Through the Looking-Glass

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"When you come to any passage you don't understand, just thought it as hard as you can till you do understand it"
Humpty Dumpty Education
T
"You see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place."
The Red Queen Life
T
"I'm sure nobody walks much faster than I do!"
The Red Queen
A
"Altogether it's a very pretty position."
Alice
T
"I've a sceptre in hand and a crown on head."
The Red Queen Power
T
"You're getting a little too familiar."
The Red Queen
A
"It's the sharpest riddle I ever heard!"
Alice
A
"I don't much care where I go."
Alice Adventure
H
"You're not in our school at all."
Humpty Dumpty
T
"I am her Majesty; but you may call me Jane."
The Red Queen
A
"There's no use trying; one can't believe impossible things."
Alice
A
"I'm afraid I can't quite follow you."
Alice
A
"It's too ridiculous!"
Alice
T
"In this country, you see, it takes all the running you can do."
The Red Queen Perseverance
T
"Queens never get caught."
The Red Queen Power
T
"What's the matter with you?"
The Red Queen
A
"I shouldn't know him again if we did meet."
Alice
A
"It's the most confusing thing I ever heard!"
Alice
T
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be."
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
T
"You're sad because you've had no practice."
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
A
"I'm sure I didn't know what you meant."
Alice
A
"The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things."
Alice Philosophy
H
"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
Humpty Dumpty Power
H
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper."
Humpty Dumpty Literature
H
"It's rather hard to understand."
Humpty Dumpty Wisdom
T
"Speak when you're spoken to!"
The Red Queen
A
"You're nothing but a pack of cards!"
Alice Truth
T
"All the ways about here belong to me, but I suppose you didn't know that."
The Red Queen Power
A
"I can't believe that!"
Alice Imagination
T
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
The Red Queen Wisdom