Lewis Carroll
writer · mathematician · Oxford, England · 1832–1898
Born Charles Dodgson, he taught mathematics at Oxford. A story he made up on a boating trip for Alice, the dean's young daughter, became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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1865 · Alice asks the way of the Cheshire Cat, sitting on a bough
‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. ‘I don’t much care where—’ said Alice. ‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat. ‘—so long as I get somewhere,’ Alice added as an explanation. ‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.’
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 6
1865
‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 6
1865 · Said to herself after growing and shrinking
‘Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!’
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 2
1865
‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. ‘I’ve had nothing yet,’ Alice replied in an offended tone, ‘so I can’t take more.’ ‘You mean you can’t take less,’ said the Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take more than nothing.’
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 7
1865
‘I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.’ ‘All right,’ said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 6
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