Charles Dickens II

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.

Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.