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title: "44 Light Quotes By Charles Dickens"
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> [The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-sun-himself-is-weak-when-he-first-rises-and-gathers-strength-and/)

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> [I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-am-light-as-a-feather-i-am-as-happy-as-an-angel-i-am-as-merry-as-a/)

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> [Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/poetry-makes-life-what-lights-and-music-do-the-stage/)

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> [There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-are-dark-shadows-on-the-earth-but-its-lights-are-stronger-in/)

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> [... The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-sun-does-not-shine-upon-this-fair-earth-to-meet-frowning-eyes/)

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> [It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-one-of-those-march-days-when-the-sun-shines-hot-and-the-wind/)

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> [The cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkness, was very rarely pierced by the light within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-cloud-of-caring-for-nothing-which-overshadowed-him-with-such-a/)

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> [Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/being-that-rare-sort-of-old-girl-that-she-receives-good-to-her-arms/)

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> [In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and his dark path becomes a way of light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/in-the-destroyer-s-steps-there-spring-up-bright-creations-that-defy/)

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> [The flowers that sleep by night, opened their gentle eyes and turned them to the day. The light, creation's mind, was everywhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-flowers-that-sleep-by-night-opened-their-gentle-eyes-and-turned/)

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> [There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-was-a-frosty-rime-upon-the-trees-which-in-the-faint-light-of/)

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> [In the moonlight which is always sad, as the light of the sun itself is--as the light called human life is--at its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/in-the-moonlight-which-is-always-sad-as-the-light-of-the-sun-itself/)

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> [It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-very-dark-but-in-the-murky-sky-there-were-masses-of-cloud/)

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> [He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-has-the-power-to-render-us-happy-or-unhappy-to-make-our-service/)

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> [There was a little plate of hothouse nectarines on the table, and there was another of grapes, and another of sponge-cakes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-was-a-little-plate-of-hothouse-nectarines-on-the-table-and/)

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> [They enter, locking themselves in, descend the rugged steps, and are down in the Crypt. The lantern is not wanted, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/they-enter-locking-themselves-in-descend-the-rugged-steps-and-are/)

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> [It was the beginning of a day in June; the deep blue sky unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-the-beginning-of-a-day-in-june-the-deep-blue-sky-unsullied-by/)

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> [I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-don-t-know-what-to-do-cried-scrooge-laughing-and-crying-in-the-same/)

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> [In this way they went on, and on, and on-in the language of the story-books-until at last the village lights appeared before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/in-this-way-they-went-on-and-on-and-on-in-the-language-of-the-story/)

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> [A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-moment-and-its-glory-was-no-more-the-sun-went-down-beneath-the-long/)

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> [The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the courtyard. But, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-great-grindstone-earth-had-turned-when-mr-lorry-looked-out-again/)

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> [Day was breaking at Plashwater Weir Mill Lock. Stars were yet visible, but there was dull light in the east that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/day-was-breaking-at-plashwater-weir-mill-lock-stars-were-yet-visible/)

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> [I can see others in the sunlight; I can see our boats' crews and our athletic young men on the glistening water,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-can-see-others-in-the-sunlight-i-can-see-our-boats-crews-and-our/)

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> [“Let us leave our old friend in one of those moments of unmixed happiness, of which, if we seek them, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/let-us-leave-our-old-friend-in-one-of-those-moments-of-unmixed-2/)

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> [The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-one-great-principle-of-the-english-law-is-to-make-business-for/)

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> [There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-was-a-frosty-rime-upon-the-trees-which-in-the-faint-light-of-2/)

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> [What connexion can there be, between the place in Lincolnshire, the house in town, the Mercury in powder, and the whereabout of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-connexion-can-there-be-between-the-place-in-lincolnshire-the/)

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> [You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-are-part-of-my-existence-part-of-myself-you-have-been-in-every/)

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> [“But nature will smile though priests may frown, and next day the sun shone brightly, and on the next, and the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/but-nature-will-smile-though-priests-may-frown-and-next-day-the-sun/)

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> [He was a very young boy; quite a little child. His hair still hung in curls about his face, and his eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-was-a-very-young-boy-quite-a-little-child-his-hair-still-hung-in/)

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> [“Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/light-it-was-the-season-of-darkness-it-was-the-spring-of-hope-it-was/)

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> [I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-took-her-hand-in-mine-and-we-went-out-of-the-ruined-place-and-as/)

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> [The clouds were drifting over the moon at their giddiest speed, at one time wholly obscuring her, at another, suffering her to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-clouds-were-drifting-over-the-moon-at-their-giddiest-speed-at-one/)

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> [Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/dreams-are-the-bright-creatures-of-poem-and-legend-who-sport-on-earth/)

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> [Let us leave our old friend in one of those moments of unmixed happiness which, if we seek them, there are ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/let-us-leave-our-old-friend-in-one-of-those-moments-of-unmixed/)

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> [It was a cold hard easterly morning when he latched the garden gate and turned away. The light snowfall which had feathered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-a-cold-hard-easterly-morning-when-he-latched-the-garden-gate/)

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> [When she took her opposite place in the carriage corner, the brightness in her face was so charming to behold, that on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/when-she-took-her-opposite-place-in-the-carriage-corner-the/)

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> [It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times-it-was-the-age-of-5/)

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> [So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. And as mere human knowledge can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/so-does-a-whole-world-with-all-its-greatnesses-and-littlenesses-lie/)

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> [Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/recollections-of-the-past-and-visions-of-the-present-come-to-bear-me/)

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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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> [“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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> [“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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