15 Inspiring Quotes by Charles Dickens
Inspiring Quotes by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is perhaps the most famous writer in the English language, but it's surprisingly difficult to find quotes from his work (or at least - accurate quotes from his work). This is perhaps because he writes so elegantly, and conversationally, that he doesn't often provide punchy, short sentences which can be easily tailored to a meme.
Yet Dickens provided some of the most moving, inspiring, thought provoking stories ever written. His quotes may not all fit onto a meme, but they hold the power to truly uplift and inspire, so we've brought together 15 of our favourite lines from his fiction.
"I cannot stop some dreadful things I try to stop, but I go on in the hope and trust that the time will come." - Our Mutual Friend.
"The kindness of people is enough to break one's heart." - Martin Chuzzlewit.
"Nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter." - A Christmas Carol.
"All our lives, we have seen our sister-women suffer, in themselves and in their children." - A Tale of Two Cities.
"Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine." - Oliver Twist.
"Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged." - David Copperfield.
"What happiness was ours that day, what joy, what rest, what hope, what gratitude, what bliss!" - Bleak House.
"It is true that 'How Not To Do It' was the great study and object of all public departments and professional politicians." - Little Dorrit.
"What if I am steeped in poverty? You lighten it, and we will be poor together." - Nicholas Nickleby.
"I tried to bless her, tried to thank her, tried to tell her (as I had often done in letters) what an influence she had upon me; but all my efforts were in vain. My love and joy were dumb." - David Copperfield.
"It's a dear, good world, and I love it!" - Little Dorrit.
"He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long forgotten." - A Christmas Carol.
"Oh, take me to your heart, my husband, for my love was founded on a rock, and it endures." - David Copperfield.
"How it would have been a weakness in the government to break down in this attempt to practice, for popularity, on the lowest national antipathies and fears." - A Tale of Two Cities.
"They went on, falling deeper and deeper in love, and saying nothing about it, and each shyly thinking that this love was the greatest of secrets." - Bleak House.
Yet Dickens provided some of the most moving, inspiring, thought provoking stories ever written. His quotes may not all fit onto a meme, but they hold the power to truly uplift and inspire, so we've brought together 15 of our favourite lines from his fiction.
"I cannot stop some dreadful things I try to stop, but I go on in the hope and trust that the time will come." - Our Mutual Friend.
"The kindness of people is enough to break one's heart." - Martin Chuzzlewit.
"Nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter." - A Christmas Carol.
"All our lives, we have seen our sister-women suffer, in themselves and in their children." - A Tale of Two Cities.
"Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine." - Oliver Twist.
"Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged." - David Copperfield.
"What happiness was ours that day, what joy, what rest, what hope, what gratitude, what bliss!" - Bleak House.
"It is true that 'How Not To Do It' was the great study and object of all public departments and professional politicians." - Little Dorrit.
"What if I am steeped in poverty? You lighten it, and we will be poor together." - Nicholas Nickleby.
"I tried to bless her, tried to thank her, tried to tell her (as I had often done in letters) what an influence she had upon me; but all my efforts were in vain. My love and joy were dumb." - David Copperfield.
"It's a dear, good world, and I love it!" - Little Dorrit.
"He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long forgotten." - A Christmas Carol.
"Oh, take me to your heart, my husband, for my love was founded on a rock, and it endures." - David Copperfield.
"How it would have been a weakness in the government to break down in this attempt to practice, for popularity, on the lowest national antipathies and fears." - A Tale of Two Cities.
"They went on, falling deeper and deeper in love, and saying nothing about it, and each shyly thinking that this love was the greatest of secrets." - Bleak House.