Dickens Quotes

118 Dickens quotes by 95 unique authors

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot… — Black Francis
The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded,… — C.S. Lewis
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil,… — David McCullough
It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive. — Lord David Cecil
I read an awful lot in college - a lot of Dickens, a lot of 19th century American stuff, a lot of old mysteries. Maybe… — Josh Lieb
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be… — Cressida Cowell
All Dickens's humour couldn't save Dickens, save him from his overcrowded life, its sordid and neurotic central tragedy and its premature collapse. But Dickens's humour,… — Stephen Leacock
I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it. — Feist
If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you… — Shelby Foote
When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my… — Alan King
A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's… — Tony Kushner
My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. — Kevin McCloud
There's always a host of voices you're inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I… — Dylan Moran
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare. — Ben Okri
Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. — George Orwell
I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens. — Tom Peters
When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of… — Jodi Picoult
Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page. — Terry Pratchett
I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces. — Anne Rice
Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough. — Anne Rice

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