Lewis Carroll
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9 quotes we’ve traced to Lewis Carroll
“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”
Verified“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others”
Verified“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast”
Verified“But, said Alice, if the world has absolutely no sense, who's stopping us from inventing one?”
Disputed“How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second”
Disputed“I am under no obligation to make sense to you”
Disputed“I'm not crazy. My reality is just different than yours”
Disputed“If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there”
Disputed“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get”
DisputedNot actually Lewis Carroll
Often misattributed to Lewis Carroll
Famous lines widely pinned on Lewis Carroll that we’ve traced to someone else.
“But, said Alice, if the world has absolutely no sense, who's stopping us from inventing one?”
actually Unknown
“Have I gone mad? I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are”
actually Linda Woolverton
“How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second”
actually Unknown
“I am under no obligation to make sense to you”
actually Unknown
“I'm not crazy. My reality is just different than yours”
actually Unknown
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality”
actually Benjamin De Casseres
“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get”
actually Unknown
“You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic”
actually Vladimir Cvetko & David H. Goodman
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