"Oh!" said my aunt, "I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting."
Charles DickensThat glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.
Charles DickensWhy, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell.
Charles DickensBut injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.
Charles DickensYou are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first came here, the rough common boy whose poor heart you wounded even then. You have been in every prospect I have ever seen since-on the river, on the sails of the ships, on the marshes, in the clouds, in the light, in the darkness, in the wind, in the woods, in the sea, in the streets. You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever become acquainted with.
Charles Dickens