Quotes from Charles Dickens

Yes, sir," said I; "him too; late of this parish.

Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained

On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.

His shoes looked too large; his sleeve looked too long; his hair looked too limp; his features looked too mean; his exposed throat looked as if a halter would have done it good.

Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together, and to rest in her bosom.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age

Foggier yet, and colder! Piercing, searching, biting cold.

She kisses his lips; he kisses hers; they solemnly bless each other. The spare hand does not tremble as he releases it; nothing worse than a sweet, bright constancy is in the patient face. She goes next before him—is gone; the knitting-women count Twenty-Two. "I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals...

large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

I am self-contained and self-reliant; your opinion is nothing to me; I have no interest in you, care nothing for you, and see and hear you with indifference.

Eugene, Eugene, Eugene, this is a bad business!