Pickwick Papers, The
"The first rays of light that illuminates the career of the immortal Mr Pickwick is to be found in the records of the Pickwick Club of which he was the founder and distinguished member. There we find recorded the resolution that a new branch of the United Pickwickians was to be formed under the title of The Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club and its members should be requested to forward, from time to time, accounts of their adventures to the Pickwick Club in London..."Oliver Twist
"Bumble, answer me distinctly. Do I understand that after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary, he asked for more?"
Christmas Carol, A
"If I could work my will, every idiot that goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips would be boiled with his own pudding and buried with the stake of holly in his heart."
Martin Chuzzlewit
"I am a wealthy man, wealthier than my brother Anthony, for instance, he gets some pleasure from hoarding his money. Mine has brought me nothing but misery; poisoning every tie of family or friendship. No one loves me for myself, only what they hope to get out of me."
David Copperfield
"It touches me deeply now how eager I was to leave my happy home and to remember how little I suspected what I was leaving behind forever."
Tale Of Two Cities, A
"It's a far better thing that I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
Great Expectations
"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same in any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been."
Our Mutual Friend
"No man knows till the time comes, what depths are within him. To some men it never comes; let them rest and be thankful! To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea has been heaved up ever since."
