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“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.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)
- Lewis Carroll
- 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. " "How do you know I’m mad?"
- “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
- “Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
- “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." "I don't much care where –" "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
- Alice and The Caterpillar
- The Duchess
- Alice and The Cheshire Cat
- Alice and The Mad Hatter
- Alice and The White Queen
- Alice, The Gryphon, and The Mock Turtle
"Caterpillar:Who are YOU? Alice: This was not an encouragingopening for a conversation. I -- I hardly know, sir, just at present -- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then."
"I quite agree with you. And the moral of that is: Be what you would seem to be, or if you'd like it put more simply: Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."
"Alice:But I don't want to go among mad people. The Cat:Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Alice:How do you know I'm mad? The Cat:You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here. Alice:And how do you know that you're mad? The Cat:To begin with, a dog's not mad. You grant that? Alice:I suppose so, The Cat:Well, then, you s...
"Alice:I've had nothing yet, so I can't take more. The Hatter:You mean you can't take less; it's very easy to take more than nothing."
"The White Queen:Can you do addition? What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one? Alice:I don't know. I lost count."
"Alice:And how many hours a day did you do lessons? The Mock Turtle:Ten hours the first day, nine the next, and so on. Alice:What a curious plan! The Gryphon:That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day."
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” In one of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ’s most iconic lines, the Cheshire Cat suggests that Alice cannot escape the madness of Wonderland, as everyone there, including her, is insane.
Jan 27, 2024 · “We’re All Mad Here”: Hidden References in Alice in Wonderland. As far from reality as Wonderland is, Lewis Carroll is believed to have used references to contemporary people and concepts to create the iconic characters readers know and love. Read on to learn more about these obscure allusions!
Not even a little. We're all mad here. Get all the details, meaning, context, and even a pretentious factor for good measure.
#2: “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” #3: “There might be some sense to your knocking,” the Footman went on, without attending to her, “if we had the door between us. For instance, if you were *inside,* you might knock and I could let you out, you know.”
