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Charles Dickens

English novelist and social critic

1812–1870

60 quotes, most often on Christmas, Life & Death and Love. Part of the Writers collection.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Book the First: Recalled to Life, Chapter IIIIn context
- Character
Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.
Great Expectations (1861), Chapter XXVIIIn context
- Character
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.
Oliver Twist (1838), Chapter XIn context
- Character
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
Oliver Twist (1838), Chapter XXXVIIIn context
- Character
- Pride
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
David Copperfield (1850), Chapter 1In context
- Character
- Life & Death

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