DICKENS, CHARLES : Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. (Charles Dickens, British novelist, 1812-1870)

DICKENS, CHARLES : A word in earnest is as good as a speech. (Charles Dickens, British novelist, 1812-1870)

DICKENS, CHARLES : He had but one eye, and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two. (Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic, 1812-1870)

DICKENS, CHARLES : Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. (Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870)