Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson).

• "All in the golden afternoon" -Opening poem, first verse, first line.

• "Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:/Thus slowly, one by one,/Its quaint events were hammered out-/And now our tale is done -Opening poem, sixth verse, first four lines.

• "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?' -first chapter, opening paragraph.

• "There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the ordinary to hear the Rabbit say to itself 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" ...but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out its waistcoat pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice startled to her feet," -first chapter

• "After a fall such as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling downstairs!" -Alice, first chapter.

• "If you drink from a bottle marked 'poison' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later." -first chapter

• "Curiouser and curiouser!" -Alice, second chapter

• "Oh my fur and whiskers!" -The White Rabbit, fourth chapter.

• "'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, "Because I'm not myself you see." -fifth chapter (to the Caterpillar)

• "'You are old Father William,' the young man said,/'And your hair has become very white;/And yet you incessantly stand on your head-/Do you think at your age it is right?'" -Alice, chapter 5

• "'You don't know much,' said the Duchess,'And that's a fact.' -the Duchess, chapter 6

• "'In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, 'lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw, 'lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.' -chapter 6

• "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" The Mad Hatter, chapter 7

• "I told you butter wouldn't suit the works," The Mad Hatter (about his watch)-chapter 7

• "Twinkle twinkle little bat!/How I wonder what you're at!" -Mad Hatter, chapter 7

• "You know you say that things are 'much of a muchness'-did you ever see a drawing of a muchness?" -Mad Hatter, chapter 7

• "Off with his head!" -The Queen of Hearts, chapter 8 and passim

• "We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' the Mock Turtle, chapter 9

• "Sentence first, verdict afterwards." The Queen of Hearts-chapter 12