--- title: "17 Thought Alice Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 17 Thought Alice quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Thought Alice sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/alice-cooper-2435_alice_there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-though_43623.png" --- > [There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-thought-i-had-to-be-alice-cooper/) [Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/alice-cooper-2435_alice_there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-though_43623.png) > ['What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice-without-pictures-or/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lewis-carroll-324_book_what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice_3034543.jpg) > [Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/well-i-ve-often-seen-a-cat-without-a-grin-thought-alice-but-a-grin/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/lewis-carroll-324_cat_well-i-ve-often-seen-a-cat-without-a-gri_2286950.jpg) > [“Maybe, thought Alice fearfully, the other Alice who has been living my life for the last ten years isn't very nice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/maybe-thought-alice-fearfully-the-other-alice-who-has-been-living-my/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/liane-moriarty-1135_life_maybe-thought-alice-fearfully-the-other_1795603.png) > [Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paolo-giordano/mattia-thought-that-he-and-alice-were-like-that-twin-primes-alone-and/) [Paolo Giordano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paolo-giordano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/paolo-giordano-4023_enough_mattia-thought-that-he-and-alice-were-li_496527.png) > [“And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/and-what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice-without-pictures-or/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/lewis-carroll-324_book_and-what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-al_2777601.jpg) > [“had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ‘and what is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/had-peeped-into-the-book-her-sister-was-reading-but-it-had-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/anonymous-1_book_had-peeped-into-the-book-her-sister-was_2138013.jpg) > [Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of-sitting-by-her-sister-on-the-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/lewis-carroll-324_book_alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of_1308272.jpg) > [“Well!” thought Alice to herself. “After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave they’ll all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such-a-fall-as-this-i-shall-think/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lewis-carroll-324_well-thought_well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such_2312651.jpg) > [“Perhaps the old lady had kidnapped Michela, had found her in the park and taken her away, because she had a violent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paolo-giordano/perhaps-the-old-lady-had-kidnapped-michela-had-found-her-in-the-park/) [Paolo Giordano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paolo-giordano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/paolo-giordano-4023_children_perhaps-the-old-lady-had-kidnapped-miche_1155777.png) > [“Come, we shall have some fun now!” thought Alice. “I’m glad they’ve begun asking riddles,—I believe I can guess that,” she added…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/come-we-shall-have-some-fun-now-thought-alice-i-m-glad-they-ve-begun/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/lewis-carroll-324_march-hare_come-we-shall-have-some-fun-now-thought_2593647.jpg) > [“Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/cheshire-puss-she-began-rather-timidly-as-she-did-not-at-all-know-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/lewis-carroll-324_cat-walk_cheshire-puss-she-began-rather-timidly-a_3077591.jpg) > [“of having nothing to do. Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-kretschmer/of-having-nothing-to-do-once-or-twice-she-had-peeped-into-the-book/) [Dan Kretschmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-kretschmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/dan-kretschmer-165083_books_of-having-nothing-to-do-once-or-twice-sh_123557.jpg) > [“Another case for the dumbness of reading, however, is that books do not contain answers, but rather pose more questions. And asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-wilbur/another-case-for-the-dumbness-of-reading-however-is-that-books-do-not/) [Dan Wilbur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-wilbur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/dan-wilbur-72332_adventure_another-case-for-the-dumbness-of-reading_2374160.jpg) > [“The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/the-hatter-opened-his-eyes-very-wide-on-hearing-this-but-all-he-said/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/lewis-carroll-324_march-hare_the-hatter-opened-his-eyes-very-wide-on_2746067.jpg) > [I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-miller/i-was-not-out-to-paint-beautiful-pictures-even-painting-good-pictures/) [Alice Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/alice-miller-3713_children_i-was-not-out-to-paint-beautiful-picture_982674.jpg) > [“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of-sitting-by-her-sister-on-the-3/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/anonymous-1_books_alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of_1799235.jpg) ## Top authors on Thought Alice - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lewis-carroll-60017.jpg) Lewis Carroll 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-alice/lewis-carroll/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-alice/#itemlist", "name": "Thought Alice Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Cooper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-thought-i-had-to-be-alice-cooper/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/alice-cooper-2435_alice_there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-though_43623.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/alice-cooper-2435_alice_there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-though_43623.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/alice-cooper-2435_alice_there-was-a-period-of-time-when-i-though_43623.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.” — Alice Cooper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Carroll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice-without-pictures-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lewis-carroll-324_book_what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice_3034543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lewis-carroll-324_book_what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice_3034543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lewis-carroll-324_book_what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice_3034543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'” — Lewis Carroll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well! 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“After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave they’ll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!” (Which was very likely true.)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Carroll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such-a-fall-as-this-i-shall-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lewis-carroll-324_well-thought_well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such_2312651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lewis-carroll-324_well-thought_well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such_2312651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lewis-carroll-324_well-thought_well-thought-alice-to-herself-after-such_2312651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well!” thought Alice to herself. “After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs!…” — Lewis Carroll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Perhaps the old lady had kidnapped Michela, had found her in the park and taken her away, because she had a violent desire for a little girl but couldn't have children. Her womb was defective or else she was unwilling to make a bit of room in it. 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'Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. '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,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where—' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. '—so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation. 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