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Charles Dickens quotes

English Novelist, Writer February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870

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Charles Dickens quote: "I'm a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all..."
I'm a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants Charles Dickens
There was once a king, and he had a queen; and he was the manliest of his gender, and she was the loveliest of hers. They had nineteen children, and were always having more. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "[John Jarndyce] rubbed his head so constantly that not a..."
[John Jarndyce] rubbed his head so constantly that not a single hair upon it ever rested in its right place Charles Dickens
Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "I have an affection for the road ... formed in the..."
I have an affection for the road ... formed in the impressibility of untried youth and hope. Charles Dickens
I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief. Charles Dickens
[S]ome score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be --- as here they are --- mistily engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee-deep in technicalities, running their goat-hair and horse-hair warded heads against walls of words, and making a pretence of equity with serious faces .... Charles Dickens
Dickens writes that one of his characters, "listened to everything without seeming to, which showed he understood his business. Charles Dickens
Shaving was not an easy task, for his hand continued to shake very much; and shaving requires attention, even when you don't dance while you are at it. But if he had cut the end of his nose off, he would have put a piece of sticking-plaster over it, and been quite satisfied. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "strong man with ragged grizzled hair and a sun-browned face,"
strong man with ragged grizzled hair and a sun-browned face, Charles Dickens
The air of completeness and superiority with which she walked at my side, and the air of youthfulness and submission with which I walked at hers, made a contrast that I strongly felt. It would have rankled in me more than it did, if I had not regarded myself as eliciting it by being so set apart for her and assigned to her. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die,..."
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. Charles Dickens
There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior. Charles Dickens
Miss Sarah Pocket, whom I now saw to be a little dry brown corrugated old woman, with a small face that might have been made of walnut shells... Charles Dickens
I tell you what, Mr. Fledgeby,' said Lammle, advancing on him. 'Since you presume to contradict me, I'll assert myself a little. Give me your nose!'Fledgeby covered it with his hand instead, and said, retreating, 'I beg you won't!'... 'Say no more, say no more!' Mr. Lammle repeated in a magnificent tone. 'Give me your'--Fledgeby started-- 'hand. Charles Dickens

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