Interesting Quotes by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist has asked for more!

— Charles Dickens

Buy an annuity cheap, and make your life interesting to yourself and everybody else that watches the speculation.

— Charles Dickens

She writhes under her life. A woman more angry, passionate, reckless, and revengeful never lived.

— Charles Dickens

The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.

— Charles Dickens

She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.

— Charles Dickens

Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future.

— Charles Dickens

But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget.

— Charles Dickens

A brisk, bright, blue-eyed fellow, a very neat figure and rather under the middle size, never out of the way and never…

— Charles Dickens

It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out…

— Charles Dickens

You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is…

— Charles Dickens

Over the whole, a young lady presided, whose gloomy haughtiness as she surveyed the street, announced a deep-seated grievance against society, and…

— Charles Dickens

In truth, no men on earth can cheer like Englishmen, who do so rally one another's blood and spirit when they cheer…

— Charles Dickens

Then idiots talk," said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking with his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, "of…

— Charles Dickens

Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better…

— Charles Dickens

Newman cast a despairing glance at his small store of fuel, but, not having the courage to say no-a word which in…

— Charles Dickens

Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last.…

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I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting…

— Charles Dickens

There is something indefinably keen and wan about her anatomy, and she has a watchful way of looking out of the corners…

— Charles Dickens

Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals…

— Charles Dickens

Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs.…

— Charles Dickens

It was a dagger in the haughty father's heart, an arrow in his brain, to see how the flesh and blood he…

— Charles Dickens

It is one of those problems of human nature, which may be noted down, but not solved; - although Ralph felt no…

— Charles Dickens

He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which…

— Charles Dickens

... when he saw her sitting there all alone, so young, and good, and beautiful, and kind to him; and heard her…

— Charles Dickens

Indeed the worthy housewife was of such a capricious nature, that she not only attained a higher pitch of genius than Macbeth,…

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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…

— Charles Dickens

The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech; but the countenance of…

— Charles Dickens

He had a cringing manner, but a very harsh voice; and his blandest smiles were so extremely forbidding, that to have had…

— Charles Dickens

It was understood that nothing of a tender nature could possibly be confided to old Barley, by reason of his being totally…

— Charles Dickens

The more especially, as in my juvenile frankness, I took some credit to myself for being so confidential and felt that I…

— Charles Dickens

If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was…

— Charles Dickens

Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's…

— Charles Dickens

I found Uriah reading a great fat book, with such demonstrative attention, that his lank forefinger followed up every line as he…

— Charles Dickens

I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad…

— Charles Dickens

The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very…

— Charles Dickens

My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought…

— Charles Dickens

It was the momentary yielding of a nature that had been disappointed from the dawn of its perceptions, but had not quite…

— Charles Dickens

He was a very young boy; quite a little child. His hair still hung in curls about his face, and his eyes…

— Charles Dickens

All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the…

— Charles Dickens

You are always training yourself to be, mind and body, as clear as crystal, and you always are, and never change; whereas…

— Charles Dickens