70 Quotes About Charles-dickens

I believe life is an education meant to teach us the need to be better people.  And I believe this learning often takes place through trial and error which may mean being an awful person at times before clearly seeing and grasping the necessity to improve. If you don't agree with me, just ask Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.  I think Charles Dickens got it quite right.

It is too late for that. I shall never be better than I am. I shall sink lower, and be worse.

Oh! for God's sake let me go!" cried Oliver; "let me run away and die in the fields. I will never come near London; never, never! Oh! pray have mercy on me, and do not make me steal. For the love of all the bright Angels that rest in Heaven, have mercy upon me!

She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.

They cannot indulge in any detailed or merely logical defense of life; that would delay the enjoyment of it. These higher optimists, of whom Dickens was one, do not approve of the universe; they do not even admire the universe; they fall in love with it. They embrace life too close to criticize or even to see it. Existence to such men has the wild beauty of a woman, and those love her with most intensity who love her with least cause.

Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past.

It's a weakness to be so affectionate, but I can't help it. No doubt my health would be much better if it was otherwise, still I wouldn't change my disposition if I could. It's the cause of much suffering, but it's a consolation to know I possess it, when I wake up in the night.

Dickens knew that Scrooge was never about Ebenezer, but always about us and what Christmas should be for everyone every day.

Happy Christmas!' the man said.'Yes', Charles Dickens said, who couldn't bring himself to say 'Happy Christmas' back.'Isn't it the best of times?' the man went on.The cat gave a gentle miaow of disagreement in his arms as Charles Dickens nodded. 'Yes. And the worst.