"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

Clare 2022-04-23 07:01:11

"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

1. "because there is a B in both and an N in neither."

2. "because Poe wrote on both."

3. Auther's Note

Enquiries have been so often addressed to me, as to whether any answer to the Hatter's Riddle can be imagined, that I may as well put on record here what seems to me to be a fairly appropriate answer, viz. 'Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!' This, however, is merely an afterthought: the Riddle, as originally invented, had no answer at all.

Christmas 1896




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Extended Reading

Alice in Wonderland quotes

  • Alice Kingsley: I'm sorry, Hamish. I can't marry you. You're not the right man for me. And there's that trouble with your digestion.

    [Alice walks over to her sister]

    Alice Kingsley: I love you, Margaret, but this is my life. I'll decide what to do with it.

    [Alice turns to Lowell, meeting his sour look with a stern glare]

    Alice Kingsley: You're lucky to have my sister for your wife, Lowell, and be good to her. I'll be watching very closely.

    [Alice goes up to Aunt Imogene and takes her hands]

    Alice Kingsley: There is no prince, Aunt Imogene. You need to talk to someone about these delusions.

    [Alice walks past Lady Ascot, looking sternly at her]

    Alice Kingsley: I happen to love rabbits, especially white ones.

    [Alice goes up to her mother]

    Alice Kingsley: Don't worry, Mother. I'll find something useful to do with my life.

    [Alice turns to the Chattaway sisters]

    Alice Kingsley: You two remind me of some funny boys I met in a dream.

    Lord Ascot: You've left me out.

    Alice Kingsley: No, I haven't, sir. You and I have business to discuss.

    Lord Ascot: Shall we speak in the study?

    [Alice smiles and starts to head to the house, when suddenly she turns back to the crowd]

    Alice Kingsley: Oh. And one more thing.

    [Alice lifts the hem of her dress to her knees and does the Futterwacken]

  • [first lines]

    Lord Ascot: Charles, you have lost your senses? This picture is impossible.

    Charles Kingsleigh: Precisely. Gentlemen, the only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe it's possible.