“ Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been.Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of hi… Charles Dickens
“ Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to. Charles Dickens
“ The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece ofspecious humbug designed to conceal it's desire for economic control ofthe Southern states. Charles Dickens
“ Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of day: glimmered faintly in the sky. The objects which had looked dim a… Charles Dickens
“ We went our several ways, said Lady Dedlock, and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped. Charles Dickens
“ It is a dreadful thing to wait and watch for the approach of death; to know that hope is gone, and recovery impossible; and to sit and count the dreary hours through long, long, nights - such nights a… Charles Dickens
“ In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice. Charles Dickens
“ He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it… Charles Dickens
“ The curtains of his bed were drawn aside; and Scrooge, starting up into a half-recumbent attitude, found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew them: as close to it as I am now to yo… Charles Dickens
“ The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that… Charles Dickens
“ Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine. Charles Dickens
“ It's over and can't be helped and that's one consolation as they always say in Turkey when they cut the wrong man's head off. Charles Dickens
“ I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove t… Charles Dickens
“ I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world. Charles Dickens
“ You are hard at work madam , said the man near her.Yes, Answered Madam Defarge ; I have a good deal to do.What do you make, Madam ?Many things.For instance ---For instance, returned Madam Defarge , c… Charles Dickens
“ Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of… Charles Dickens
“ For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you. And when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think no… Charles Dickens
“ 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
