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title: "15 Read Dickens Quotes by 13 authors"
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> [She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/she-read-dickens-in-the-same-spirit-she-would-have-eloped-with-him/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [She read Dickens in the spirit in which she would have eloped with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/she-read-dickens-in-the-spirit-in-which-she-would-have-eloped-with-him/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feist/i-didn-t-really-get-london-until-i-read-dickens-then-i-was-charmed-to/)

[Feist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/feist/)

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> [If you want to study writing, read Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/if-you-want-to-study-writing-read-dickens/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

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> [“I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-elizabeth-smith/i-don-t-fear-death-i-fear-dying-before-i-ve-read-dickens-end-to-end/)

[Amy Elizabeth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-elizabeth-smith/)

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> [I hadn't read Dickens for a while and doing 'Bleak House' was great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-lawson/i-hadn-t-read-dickens-for-a-while-and-doing-bleak-house-was-great/)

[Denis Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-lawson/)

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> [“A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end. Men read a Dickens story six times because they knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/a-man-reading-the-dickens-novel-wished-that-it-might-never-end-men/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-king/when-i-read-dickens-for-the-first-time-i-thought-he-was-jewish/)

[Alan King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-king/)

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> [My mother read secondarily for information; she sank as a hedonist into novels. She read Dickens in the spirit in which she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/my-mother-read-secondarily-for-information-she-sank-as-a-hedonist/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/were-we-to-choose-our-leaders-on-the-basis-of-their-reading/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

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> [The thing about Dickens is you either love him or you hate him and I fell in love with Dickens, I fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-brandis/the-thing-about-dickens-is-you-either-love-him-or-you-hate-him-and-i/)

[George Brandis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-brandis/)

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> [“You cannot read Dickens without putting in a little more effort. You cannot eat a ripe pawpaw without its innards and juice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-jones/you-cannot-read-dickens-without-putting-in-a-little-more-effort-you/)

[Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-jones/)

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> [Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-miller/deirdre-maddon-has-an-extraordinary-almost-celestial-way-of-telling-a/)

[Rebecca Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-miller/)

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> [“I snorted. “They still make you read Dickens in school? Great Expectations?” “Yeah.” “You can stay at home and hide if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-snorted-they-still-make-you-read-dickens-in-school-great/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

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> [“It may be all very well in Dickens, but when you read Dickens you're reading a long ballad from a vanished world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/it-may-be-all-very-well-in-dickens-but-when-you-read-dickens-you-re/)

[Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/)

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