Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The real … Continue reading Quote for Today: Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Quote for Today: Charles Dickens
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ―Charles Dickens, Great Expectations My backyard in the March morning sun, just before we began putting in our new garden. It's been keeping me busy; I … Continue reading Quote for Today: Charles Dickens
Quote for Today: Charles Dickens
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. ― Pip, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Quote for the Day: Charles Dickens
I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. ― Jacob Marley, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol