There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery. Charles Dickens More Quotes by Charles Dickens More Quotes From Charles Dickens Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of day: glimmered faintly in the sky. The objects which had looked dim and terrible in the darkness, grew more and more defined, and gradually resolved into their familiar shapes. The rain came down, thick and fast; and pattered, noisily, among the leafless bushes. Charles Dickens rain morning night I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. Charles Dickens literature should made You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are! Charles Dickens scrooge beef may I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing. Charles Dickens educated fit phrases For the night-wind has a dismal trick of wandering round and round a building of that sort, and moaning as it goes; and of trying, with its unseen hand, the windows and the doors; and seeking out some crevices by which to enter. Charles Dickens doors night hands And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death. Charles Dickens this-life So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. And as mere human knowledge can split a ray of light and analyse the manner of its composition, so, sublimer intelligences may read in the feeble shining of this earth of ours, every thought and act, every vice and virtue, of every responsible creature on it. Charles Dickens stars inspirational lying Man cannot really improve himself without improving others. Charles Dickens improving improvement men My imagination would never have served me as it has, but for the habit of commonplace, humble, patient, daily, toiling, drudging attention Charles Dickens imagination humble science There is a Sunday conscience as well as a Sunday coat; and those who make religion a secondary concern put the coat and conscience carefully by to put on only once a week. Charles Dickens coats week sunday If Husain (as) had fought to quench his worldly desires…then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore, that he sacrificed purely for Islam. Charles Dickens islam wife children And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself. Charles Dickens bored-to-death bleak-house bored I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach! Charles Dickens philosophical heart past A new heart for a New Year, always! Charles Dickens new-year heart inspiring So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. Charles Dickens words-of-wisdom expectations people Money and goods are certainly the best of references. Charles Dickens goods Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye. Charles Dickens camels ems eye "Hope, you see, Wal'r," said the Captain, sagely, "Hope. It's that as animates you. Hope is a buoy, for which you overhaul your Little Warbler, sentimental diwision, but Lord, my lad, like any other buoy, it only floats; it can't be steered nowhere. Along with the figure-head of Hope,' said the Captain, 'there's a anchor; but what's the good of my having a anchor, if I can't find no bottom to let it go in?" Charles Dickens let-it-go anchors inspirational I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens christmas education love Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. Charles Dickens literature heart inspirational
