It being a part of Mrs. Pipchin’s system not to encourage a child’s mind to develop and expand itself like a young flower, but to open it by force like an oyster. ~ Dombey and Son
Quotes
“You fear the world too
“You fear the world too much,” she answered, gently. “All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you.” ~ A Christmas Carol
Friendless I can never be,
Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family. ~ Master Humphrey’s Clock
Under none of the accredited
Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas piece. I saw it in the daylight, with the sun upon it. There was no wind, no rain, no lightning, no thunder, no awful or unwonted circumstance, of any kind, to heighten its effect. ~ The Haunted House
“A heart well worth winning,
“A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.” ~ Our Mutual Friend
“That sort of people.
“That sort of people. – Are they really animals and clods, and beings of another order? I want to know SO much.” ~ David Copperfield
Blunt tools are sometimes found
“Blunt tools are sometimes found of use, where sharper instruments would fail.” ~ Barnaby Rudge
She was truest to them
She was truest to them in the season of trial, as all the quietly loyal and good will always be. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
It is not possible to
It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world; but it is very possible to know how it has touched one’s self in going by, and I know right well that any good that intermixed itself with my apprenticeship came of plain contented Joe, and not of restlessly aspiring discontented me. ~ Great Expectations
I came here expecting an
"I came here expecting an adventure, and prepared to go through with any. If there be aught that I can do to help or aid you, name it, and on the faith of a man who can be secret and trusty, I will stand by you to the death." ~ Master Humphrey’s Clock
