Charles Dickens

There was once a king, and he had a queen; and he was the manliest of his gender, and she was the loveliest of hers. They had nineteen children, and were always having more. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#family

Indeed, there was a frankness in his face, an honesty, and an undisguised show of his pride in her, and his love for her, which were, to me, the best of good looks. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#love #love

Come! Let us make that bargain. Think of me at my best, if circumstances should ever part us! ↗

— Charles Dickens

#goodbyes #friendship

Por menos valor que tenha a vida quando é desperdiçada, vale, contudo, a pena defendê-la. Se assim não fosse, não custaria abandoná-la. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#death

Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat! ↗

— Charles Dickens

#love

Accidents will occur in the best regulated families. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#family

There ain’t a gen’lm’n in all the land – nor yet sailing upon all the sea – that can love his lady more than I love her. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#love

I should be an affected women, if I made any pretence of being surprised by my son's inspiring such emotions; but I can't be indifferent to anyone who is so sensible on his merits ↗

— Charles Dickens

#inspirational

Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues — faith and hope. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#hope #love #mother #pride #faith

We have had for breakfast, toasts, cakes, a yorkshire pie, a piece of beef about the size and much the shape of my portmanteau, tea, coffee, ham and eggs... ↗

— Charles Dickens

#letters #food