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> [“Oh indeed! Our and the Wilfers' Mutual Friend, my dear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/oh-indeed-our-and-the-wilfers-mutual-friend-my-dear/)

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> [I went away, dear Agnes, loving you. I stayed away, loving you. I returned home, loving you!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-went-away-dear-agnes-loving-you-i-stayed-away-loving-you-i-returned/)

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> [My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-dear-if-you-could-give-me-a-cup-of-tea-to-clear-my-muddle-of-a/)

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> [Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler, and then I can kiss you by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/drink-with-me-my-dear-said-mr-weller-put-your-lips-to-this-here/)

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> [Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/give-me-a-moment-because-i-like-to-cry-for-joy-it-s-so-delicious-john/)

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> [Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/why-what-i-may-think-after-dinner-returns-mr-jobling-is-one-thing-my/)

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> [Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/why-i-don-t-exactly-know-about-perjury-my-dear-sir-replied-the-little/)

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> [It was a long and gloomy night that gathered on me, haunted by the ghosts of many hopes, of many dear remembrances,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-a-long-and-gloomy-night-that-gathered-on-me-haunted-by-the/)

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> [We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/we-must-meet-reverses-boldly-and-not-suffer-them-to-frighten-us-my/)

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> [My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-dear-young-lady-crime-like-death-is-not-confined-to-the-old-and/)

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> [I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-m-awful-dull-but-i-hope-i-ve-beat-out-something-nigh-the-rights-of/)

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> [You have been so careful of me that I never had a child's heart. You have trained me so well that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-have-been-so-careful-of-me-that-i-never-had-a-child-s-heart-you/)

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> [Hope to the last!" said Newman, clapping him on the back. "Always hope; that's dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/hope-to-the-last-said-newman-clapping-him-on-the-back-always-hope/)

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> [... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear-sir-are-the-most-beautiful/)

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> [You anticipate what I would say, though you cannot know how earnestly I say it, how earnestly I feel it, without knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-anticipate-what-i-would-say-though-you-cannot-know-how-earnestly/)

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> [But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/but-even-if-he-has-been-wicked-pursued-rose-think-how-young-he-is/)

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> [Would you, do you, my dear?" rejoined the Captain ... "I don't know. It's difficult navigation. She's very hard to carry on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/would-you-do-you-my-dear-rejoined-the-captain-i-don-t-know-it-s/)

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## Other authors on Dear

## More by Charles Dickens

> [“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/all-other-swindlers-upon-earth-are-nothing-to-the-self-swindlers-and/)

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> [... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/arthur-gride-whose-bleared-eyes-gloated-only-over-the-outward/)

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> [There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-can-be-no-disparity-in-marriage-like-unsuitability-of-mind-and/)

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> [I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-have-tried-to-resign-myself-and-to-console-myself-and-that-i-hope-i/)

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> [A new heart for a New Year, always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-new-heart-for-a-new-year-always/)

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> [“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-suspense-the-fearful-acute-suspense-of-standing-idly-by-while-the/)

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> [“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mrs-joe-was-a-very-clean-housekeeper-but-had-an-exquisite-art-of/)

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> [There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-seems-a-magic-in-the-very-name-of-christmas/)

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> [“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/evening-they-began-to-think-that-although-he-could-never-hope-to-be/)

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> [“Besides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/besides-which-all-that-i-could-have-said-of-the-story-to-any-purpose/)

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> [“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-wheels-rolled-on-and-rolled-down-by-the-monument-and-by-the-tower/)

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> [“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-three-customers-pulled-off-their-hats-to-madame-defarge-with/)

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> [“What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-a-situation-cried-miss-squeers-what-is-the-reason-that-men-fall/)

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> [I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-admire-machinery-as-much-is-any-man-and-am-as-thankful-to-it-as-any/)

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> [“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-pickwick-was-a-philosopher-but-philosophers-are-only-men-in-armour/)

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