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Charles Dickens: Professionally he declines...

Charles Dickens: Professionally he declines...

Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry.

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Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

We didn't find that it [London] come up to its likeness in the red bills - it is there drawd too...

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Charles Dickens: I am always...

Charles Dickens: I am always...

I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the...

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Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Here's richness!

Source: (Mr Squeers) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch.5
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Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Meaty jelly, too, especially when a little salt, which is the case when there's ham, is mellering to the...

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Charles Dickens: To be shelterless...

Charles Dickens: To be shelterless...

To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long...

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Charles Dickens: I expect a...

Charles Dickens: I expect a...

I expect a judgment. Shortly.

Source: Bleak House, Ch. 3
-- Charles Dickens,...

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E M Forster: Faith, to my...

E M Forster: Faith, to my...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as...

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E M Forster: Tolerance is a...

E M Forster: Tolerance is a...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely...

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Salman Rushdie: Writers and politicians...

Salman Rushdie: Writers and politicians...

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the...

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Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never...

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Louisa May Alcott: I'm not afraid...

Louisa May Alcott: I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Source: In The...

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Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their...

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Graham Henry Greene: He entered the...

Graham Henry Greene: He entered the...

He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

Source: The Heart...

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George Eliot: It is possible...

George Eliot: It is possible...

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the...

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George Eliot: When one wanted...

George Eliot: When one wanted...

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest,...

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George Eliot: We want people...

George Eliot: We want people...

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Source: George Eliot's Life...

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George Eliot: Perspective, as its...

George Eliot: Perspective, as its...

Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish,...

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George Eliot: Of what use,...

George Eliot: Of what use,...

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need...

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George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder...

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