Dickens Quotes

118 Dickens quotes by 95 unique authors

Dickens is a lover of human beings; a relisher of human beings. — Claire Tomalin
Dickens was very practical and sensible. — Claire Tomalin
I have been fascinated by Dickens worshippers who strenuously deny that he did anything wrong in relation to his wife, even though the record is… — Claire Tomalin
The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny. — Claire Tomalin
Dickens is always full of surprises. — Claire Tomalin
Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans. — Claire Tomalin
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the… — Claire Tomalin
Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his… — Claire Tomalin
At the school I attended, the clergyman who ran the cathedral school in Shanghai would give lines to the boys as a punishment. They expected… — J. G. Ballard
As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote it down. Later,… — Harry Lloyd
Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene. — Ian Mckellen
To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may all be fine.… — Per Petterson
I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself. — Goldwin Smith
Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few… — George Saintsbury
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare. No, let's say Shakespeare… — Ben Okri
No. But isn't that a bit weird? Agatha Christie didn't walk around surrounded by murders. Not really. I mean that's like meeting Charles Dickens and… — Donna Noble
You and West Dickens are so crooked you could swallow nails and spit out corkscrews. — John Marston

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