Dickens Quotes

118 Dickens quotes by 95 unique authors

I doubt if Dickens did, especially his women-his pretty women-Mrs. Dombey, Florence, Dora, Agnes, Ruth Pinch, Kate Nickleby, little Emily-we know them all through Hablot… — George du Maurier
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles and Tolstoy told… — Marchette Chute
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel. The author's screenwriting… — William Bernhardt
If social protest is antithetical to art, what then shall we make of Goya, Dickens, and Twain? — Ralph Ellison
Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give… — James E. Faust
I called my mom, and I was so excited. I was telling her, 'I'm going to be on the Grand Ole Opry! This is crazy!'… — Carrie Underwood
The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce,… — George Orwell
There's more of yourself in a book than a play. that's why we know all about Dickens and not much about Shakespeare. Ben Jonson murdered… — John Mortimer
No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that has accumulated since,… — George Orwell
If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes,… — George Orwell
My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark… — Debbie Macomber
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is… — Henning Mankell
The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens.… — Archibald MacLeish
I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries. — Jane Birkin
It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been written by dead… — Ally Carter
What I find really attractive is something that's going to be a little dangerous. Something that might get me into trouble; you know, you turn… — Peter Carey
Shakespeare speaks for the human heart but Dickens speaks for the social man and for injustices. — Simon Callow
I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many… — Michelle Dockery
Stop, look, listen. I spit on your grave, then I grab my Charles Dickens. — The Notorious B.I.G.
Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on… — Joseph Brodsky

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