“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.”
— Charles Dickens
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
— Charles Dickens
“Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!”
— Charles Dickens
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
— Charles Dickens
“A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!”
— Charles Dickens
“What art was to the ancient world, science is to the modern.”
— Charles Dickens
“I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.”
— Charles Dickens
“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”
— Charles Dickens
“The shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.”
— Charles Dickens