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Coming of age story13 quotes
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. — Charles Dickens · 1860In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice. — Charles Dickens · 1860I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. — Charles Dickens · 1861It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens · 1861I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. — Charles Dickens · 1861It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens · 1861All 13 quotes →Historical literature4 quotes
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. — Charles Dickens · 1859I wish you to know you have been the last dream of my soul. — Charles Dickens · 1859It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. — Charles Dickens · 1859A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. — Charles Dickens · 1859