Charles Dickens Quotes

In the majority of cases, conscience is an elastic and very flexible article. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens "Death doesn't change us more than life." ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens Anything that makes a noise is satisfactory to a crowd. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens The beating of my heart was so violent and wild that I felt as if my life were breaking from me. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound-strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens The plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens