Charles Dickens Quotes

“From the earliest days of my career down to this proud night, I have tried to be true to my calling. I hope that my public believe that I have as a writer, in my soul and conscience, tried to be as true to them as they have to me. From these garish lights I vanish now forevermore, with a heartfelt, grateful, respectful, affectionate farewell.” —Charles Dickens’ farewell at his last reading”
― Hourly History, Charles Dickens: A Life from Beginning to End

“An author feels as though he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him forever.” —Charles Dickens’ preface to David Copperfield”
― Hourly History, Charles Dickens: A Life from Beginning to End

“No words can express the secret agony of my soul . . . the sense I had of being utterly neglected and hopeless; of the shame I felt in my position . . . My whole nature was penetrated with grief and humiliation.” —Charles Dickens, recalling his work in the blacking factory”
― Hourly History, Charles Dickens: A Life from Beginning to End