I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world.
Charles DickensOh Agnes, Oh my soul, so may thy face be by me when I close my life indeed; so may I, when realities are melting from me, like the shadows which I now dismiss, still find thee near me, pointing upward!
Charles DickensWe must leave the discovery of this mystery, like all others, to time, and accident, and Heaven's pleasure.
Charles DickensOpening her eyes again, and seeing her husband's face across the table, she leaned forward to give it a pat on the cheek, and sat down to supper, declaring it to be the best face in the world.
Charles Dickens