Bitter Quote by Felicity Jones

I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and…

— Felicity Jones

In his life, Charles Dickens was like the rest of us, but maybe more so: another poor and wonderful soul attempting to deal with…

— Fred Kaplan

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

— Alan Bennett

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

— Shaun Cassidy

Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.

— Claire Tomalin

When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love…

— Claire Tomalin

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure…

— Donna Leon

My affinity, as a novelist, with Dickens has been overstated. I relish the way everything in his prose pulsates with life force, and I'm…

— Michel Faber

And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even…

— Nicholas Sparks

“He read political books. They gave him phrases which he could only speak to himself and use on Shama. They also revealed one region…

— V.S. Naipaul

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.

— William Shakespeare

Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans.

— Claire Tomalin