when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural

I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch— I said it in German and Greek; But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) That English is what you speak!

In some ways, you know, people that don't exist, are much nicer than people that do.

I am fond of children - except boys.

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.

My view of life is, that it's next to impossible to convince anybody of anything.

You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199