Oliver Twist Quotes
- My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film. — Sally Phillips
- One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the… — Winston Churchill
- For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to… — Henning Mankell
- 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
- And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he… — Charles Dickens
- According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist,… — Melina Marchetta
- For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out… — Charles Dickens
- I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver… — Mark Gatiss
- In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike the bare-faced Oliver… — Michael Leunig