Marriage Quote by Charles Dickens

“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…

— Charles Dickens

“Madame Magloire," retorted the Bishop, "you are mistaken. The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a pause, "More so, perhaps.”

— Victor Hugo

“The Baroness found it amusing to go to tea; she dressed as if for dinner. The tea-table offered an anomalous and picturesque repast; and…

— Henry James

“...she could not think of what had happened to her that day, or of what might happen that night. Instead, she watched the lamplighters…

— Galen M. Beckett

“As the first hard drops of rain fell, the Witch caught sight, not of the girl's face, but of the shoes. Her sister's shoes.…

— Gregory Maguire

“And in a blinding flash my wedding dress, which is hung right there, opposite me, in the corner of the bedroom, comes alive. The…

— Uvi Poznansky

“Lady Bella went up to her apartment, and betook herself to her Books, which supplied the place of all company to her.”

— Charlotte Lennox

“And what was to become of what he had taken from her? He had dashed her heart to the ground and danced on it…

— V.S. Carnes

“They were only to glad to come, ... as an alibi to test their charms ... ... but once they'd made it into the…

— Dimitri Verhulst

“Quickly and quietly, the Princess returned to the cottage, for she knew what she must do. The crone had sacrificed her eyes to provide…

— Kate Morton

“Her beauty must have been exhausting and not to mention troublesome. Glitter swiftly made it's way into the vibrant strands that graced her lavish…

— Brandon Villasenor

“The air there was heavy with the somnolence of a party prolonged into the early hours; and a dull light came from the lamps,…

— Émile Zola