How come "burbled" gets to be in the Oxford English…

“It's the stupidest tea party I ever was at in all my life!”

— Lewis Carroll

“I ground my teeth. "Just when I thought I was getting a handle on this whole Dark One/demon lord/imp thing, you go and throw…

— Katie MacAlister

“Who wouldn’t choose to be the best version of themselves possible? People, by nature, are narcissistic.” He straightened his tie and jacket as if…

— J.M. Sullivan

“She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and…

— Christina Henry

Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing-- turn your toes out when you walk--- And remember who you…

— Lewis Carroll

“How long is forever? Sometimes just one second”

— Lewis Carroll

“On closer notice of her apron, he said, "Is that-?" "The Mad Hatter," she said. "I told you, I have a collection." "You collect…

— Donna Kauffman

“You have a friend named Bug?” “Sure. Why wouldn’t I?” Chess asked. “I have another friend who keeps telling me to call her Alice…

— J.M. Sullivan

“A likely story indeed!" said the Pigeon, in a tone of the deepest contempt. "I've seen a good many little girls in my time,…

— Lewis Carroll

Only the insane equate pain with success." "The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die." _Cheshire Cat

— Lewis Carroll

“Alice: I didn't know that cheshire cats grinned. In fact, I didn't know that cats could grin. Duchess: They can, and most of 'em…

— Rod Espinosa

“...Is Wonderland really a wonder...when you have nowhere to land?”

— Raven Gregory

“The Alice books belong to a branch of literature that speaks deeply and clearly to the human psyche--stories of the journey.”

— Stephanie Lovett Stoffel

“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' says the White Queen to Alice.”

— Lewis Carroll

“Bad boys needed love too. Her boys weren't dangerous-just naughty.”

— Marie Hall