We have all some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done before, in a remote time – of our having been surrounded, dim ages ago, by the same faces, objects, and circumstances – of our knowing perfectly what will be said next, as if we suddenly remembered it! ~ David Copperfield
David Copperfield Quotes
In the preface to the 1867 edition of David Copperfield, Dickens wrote, “like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.” We hope you enjoy this collection of 74 quotes from David Copperfield.
“‘There may be some, perhaps
“‘There may be some, perhaps – I don’t know that there are – who abuse his kindness,’ said Mr. Wickfield. ‘Never be one of those, Trotwood, in anything. He is the least suspicious of mankind; and whether that’s a merit, or whether it’s a blemish, it deserves consideration in all dealings with the Doctor, great or small.” ~ David Copperfield
“Don’t you think that any
“Don’t you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?” ~ David Copperfield
It is no worse, because
It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. It is done. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise than as it was. ~ David Copperfield
