Happy 200th birthday Mr. Dickens!
The bound books have been brought
down from the shelf and today we’re celebrating the birthday of one of our
favourite writers. What’s your favourite book by Dickens? Here are some quotes
which may strike a familiar chord:
“There are books of which
the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist)
“It is a fair, even-handed,
noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and
sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter
and good humour.” (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“My meaning simply is, that
whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well;
that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely;
that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.” (Charles Dickens, David Copperfield)
“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!” (Charles Dickens, Great Expectations)
“The whole difference between construction
and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after
it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” (Charles
Dickens)
and of course
“There is nothing better
than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” (Charles Dickens)
