Charles Dickens Quotes

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Here is a collection of quotes by Charles Dickens.

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens


"Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies." - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


"I want to be something so much worthier than the doll in the doll's house." - Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens


"Under an accumulation of staggerers, no man can be considered a free agent. No man knocks himself down; if his destiny knocks him down, his destiny must pick him up again." - The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens


"The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand." - A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens


"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!" - The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens


"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.." - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade" - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


"Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came; and if the village had been beautiful at first, it was now in the full glow and luxuriance of its richness." - Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens


"What greater gift than the love of a cat." - Charles Dickens