“ This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a summer evening, the boys at play in the churchyard, and I sitting on my bed, reading as if for l… Charles Dickens
“ Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not. Charles Dickens
“ Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph. Charles Dickens
“ No one is useless in this world,' retorted the Secretary, 'who lightens the burden of it for any one else. Charles Dickens
“ Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Charles Dickens
“ If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak, and it will give me more courage. As the patient eyes were lifted to his face, he… Charles Dickens
“ I have always thought of Christmastime, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and w… Charles Dickens
“ Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank God they were at home; and for the homeless starving wretch to lay him down and die.… Charles Dickens
“ And how did little Tim behave? asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart’s content. As good as gold, said Bob, and better. Somehow he g… Charles Dickens
“ Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of… Charles Dickens
“ I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen. Charles Dickens
“ Minds like bodies will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens
“ ...and who must have had something real about her, or she could not have existed, but it certainly was not her hair, or her teeth, or her figure, or her complexion. Charles Dickens
“ Because if it is to spite her,' Biddy pursued, 'I should think -but you know best- that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I sh… Charles Dickens
“ Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. Charles Dickens
“ You must know,’ said Estella, condescending to me as a beautiful and brilliant woman might, ‘that I have no heart—if that has anything to do with my memory.’ I got through some jargon to the effect th… Charles Dickens
“ Women can always put things in fewest words. Except when it's blowing up; and then they lengthens it out. Charles Dickens
“ So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. Charles Dickens
