Curiouser Quotes & Sayings

I hadn't thought about that."He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "Curiouser and curiouser."
Startled, I glanced at him. "I say that sometimes."
Even with his face tight with worry, Dad managed to look a little amused. "It's from Alice in Wonderland. Appropriate, don't you think? — Rachel Hawkins

For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity ... — Charlotte Bronte

You, my dear, are getting curiouser and curiouser. Like Alice down the rabbit hole, nothing is as it appears. — Teri Terry

Curiouser and curiouser! — Lewis Carroll

Could any of these things be happening because they're fallen women?' I asked, drawing on another of the cliches we were given like a quiverful of arrows with which to face a life cursed by sin.
Doc sat a moment with his hand on the door handle before getting out. 'Well now, it's interesting that you ask. I had a woman recently who feel, not just one flight of stairs, but two. She had a baby as perfect as a pool ball. — Peter De Vries

Pure heart begets pure body, soul and spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty. — Charles Richet

I'm a pretty shy guy when it comes to girls and sex. — Justin Vernon

And they made Alice drink something from a bottle which reduced her to a size where she could no longer cry 'Curiouser and curiouser,' and they gave the Looking Glass one hammer blow to smash it and every Red King and Oyster away! — Ray Bradbury

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

No matter what plan you choose or how fast or far you go, you're a runner. If you combine walking with running, you're a runner. If you run twice a week, you're a runner. If you view yourself as a runner, you will become a better one. If you've never run & want to become one, you can be a runner. All it takes is interest (and a good pair of running shoes). — Madelyn Fernstrom

Passion doesn't count the cost. Pascal said that the heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of. If he meant what I think, he meant that when passion seizes the heart it invents reasons that seem not only plausible but conclusive to prove that the world is well lost for love. It convinces you that honour is well sacrificed and that shame is a cheap price to pay. Passion is destructive. It destroyed Antony and Cleopatra, Tristan and Isolde, Parnell and Kitty O'Shea. And if it doesn't destroy it dies. — W. Somerset Maugham

A smile is the beginning of peace. — Mother Teresa

Curiouser and curiouser! Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). — Lewis Carroll

Take the first step in the direction toward something that feels right and see where it leads you. And do it NOW. 3. — Jen Sincero

Hmm," she said. "'Curiouser and curiouser,' to quote Alice. — Deborah Blake

Curiouser and curiouser, he says. I smile at the reference. Carroll was totally a witch. The secrets of our world are written into that book. — Danielle Ellison

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft. — Kevin Barry

I think nonsense raises two human urges. One: to be playful, be curious and curiouser, and 2: to make meaning out what seems to have none. Or flaunt having none. And since everything we do, being human, is up against time, nonsense is panacheful, cocks a snook at all the rules and regulations and reminds us of our freedoms up against the clock. — Ali Smith