Quotes about Dickens

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Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been.Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me. — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
In a word, it was impossible for me to separate her, in the past or in the present, from the innermost life of my life. — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
When the last autumn of Dickens's life was over, he continued to work through his final winter and into spring. This is — Dan Simmons, Drood
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever live — Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, — Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
(On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has invested his puppets wi — Anthony Trollope, Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expe — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her.Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."What do y — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives layin — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end. Men read a Dickens story six times because they knew it — G.K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
The year was dying early, the leaves were falling fast, it was a raw cold day when we took possession, and the gloom of — Charles Dickens, Three Ghost Stories
Women can always put things in fewest words. Except when it's blowing up — and then they lengthens it out.
She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him. — Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
I know that I am going to meet a personal variation on reality; a partial view of reality. But I know also that by that — Ursula K. Le Guin
I like Mr. Dickens’ books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackeray’s daughters. — David Markson, The Last Novel
Welcome, old aspirations, glittering creatures of an ardent underneath the holly! We know you, and have not outlived you — Charles Dickens
She slapped him. Hard. "Tell me!" she screamed, "TELL ME!"."The truth is...I am a liar," Jack said quietly. "Don't be on — Abhik Chatterjee, Genesis
I would like to think of myself as an artist...excluding the part where he bows before an audience. There are no appreci — Abhik Chatterjee, Genesis
People like you end up dead. One day they are roaming about in their underpants pretending to be Superman and the next d — Abhik Chatterjee, Genesis