secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

— Charles Dickens

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God bless us every one!God bless us every one!

— Charles Dickens

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I wear the chain I forged in lifeI wear the chain I forged in life

— Charles Dickens

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I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

— Charles Dickens

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I am not the man I was.I am not the man I was.

— Charles Dickens

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No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.

— Charles Dickens

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Mankind was my business.Mankind was my business.

— Charles Dickens

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

— Charles Dickens

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I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.

— Charles Dickens

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Are there no prisons?Are there no prisons?

— Charles Dickens

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