“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
— Charles Dickens“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
— Charles Dickens“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.”
— Charles Dickens“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
— Charles Dickens“I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.”
— Charles Dickens“Never say never”
— Charles Dickens“[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.”
— Charles Dickens“In a word, it was impossible for me to separate her, in the past or in the present, from the innermost life of my life.”
— Charles DickensLife is made of ever so many partings welded together.
— Charles DickensThe pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
— Charles DickensChivalry is a code of conduct, a way of living with dignity and honor in every relationship.
— Charles DickensIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
— Charles DickensTake nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.
— Charles DickensThe chains that bind us are often the ones we forge for ourselves.
— Charles Dickens