Alice Quotes

“You’re only a mouse if you let them make you one.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“There was comfort in ignorance, in thinking the world a certain way and not knowing any different.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“It made Alice realize how much of life was full of empty stuff, objects longed for because the hope of them made your small life seem bigger, better, brighter.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“She must start believing in impossible things, for impossible things kept appearing before her eyes.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“That was the trouble with not being right in the head. You couldn’t always tell if your eyes were telling the truth.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“He was haunted, same as she was, except he didn’t know the name of his ghost.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“She would never comprehend the need to hurt those who never hurt her, the need to hate for the sake of hating. She never wanted to rule over others in fear. No, she would never understand the Jabberwocky.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“There is more to you than you know. Remember that.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“If you go chasing your freedom your fate will only follow you there and force you back.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Interesting' meant that you attracted the notice of men who would hurt you to possess whatever they found 'interesting' about you.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Just because I’m mad doesn’t mean I’m not right.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“If you let the grief in, it might consume you.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Alice remembered who she was before. She just couldn’t recall what had happened to that girl to make her this girl.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“How could I ever love you properly with a wall between us for all time?”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“You mean murder and eat," Alice said.
"No, I mean eat and murder," the rat said. "I'd rather it the other way around, wouldn't you?"
"I'd rather it not all all," Alice said.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“can’t save everybody. But we can save somebody.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Things that are worth nothing are easy to come by.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and make certain she was never trapped in that cage again. From another man this might be terrifying, that he would so blithely consider murdering his companion. But she understood that from Hatcher this was tantamount to an offer of marriage. This was what he could do for her, how he showed he cared.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“One day, long ago, she’d gone seeking an adventure and found terror instead. That day had changed the course of her life, and left her hands awash in blood. It was not her fault, but this was how it must be. She understood that now.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“The world is full of innocent creatures, you were one yourself once, and no one saved you.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“In the Old City there were very few ways for women to stay alive, and all of them involved a man.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Where’s home, my Alice?” Hatcher said. “Where’s home? We don’t have a home, you and I.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Do not go seeking the Rabbit, else you wish for more death and madness.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Alice dreamed of blood. Blood on her hands and under her feet, blood in her mouth and pouring from her eyes. The room was filled with it.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Out here the world was bright and sharp and full of hungry mouths waiting to eat her up.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“In not being afraid she had frightened him, because a girl who was not afraid was a girl who might harm him.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Most men give a girl a ring, you know, not threaten them with murder.” Hatcher”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“He won’t be safe,” Hatcher repeated. “For I will find him and I will strip the flesh from his bones piece by piece. There is no place the Rabbit can hide, no hole he can disappear into. I will not sleep again until I have heard him scream for mercy he will never receive.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“Start by holding your head high,” Hatcher said. “You’re only a mouse if you let them make you one.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“She was thinking of the girls who'd escaped with Pipkin, and hoped that they ran in the grass with bare feet, laughing in the sun. She wanted a promise of joy for someone, even if she could not have it for herself.”
― Christina Henry, Alice