All Quotes By Tag: Dickens

“(On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has invested his puppets with a charm that has enabled him to dispense with human nature.”

Card image cap - Anthony Trollope,
Tag: authors-on-authors, dickens, writing,

“Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!)”

Card image cap - Nick Hornby,
Tag: dickens, humor, writing,

“Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been.Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord.”

Card image cap - Charles Dickens,
Tag: courtroom, dickens, humor, lie, witness,

“I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.”

Card image cap - Charles Dickens,
Tag: a-tale-of-two-cities, alone, charles-dickens, depressed, depression, dickens, life, lonely, philosophy, sad, self-loathing, self-worth, sydney-carton,