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| Dombey and Son Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never, never, before Heaven, have I thought of you but as the single, bright, pure, blessed recollection of my boyhood and my youth. Never have I from the first, and never shall I to the last, regard your part in my life, but as something sacred, never to | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 2 | All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the sea-birds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 3 | Walter, she said, looking full upon him with her affectionate eyes, like you, I hope for better things. I will pray for them, and believe that they will arrive. | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 4 | I am not afeard, my Heart's-delight, resumed the Captain. There's been most uncommon bad weather in them latitudes, there's no denyin', and they have drove and drove and been beat off, may be t'other side the world. But the ship's a good ship, and the | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 5 | A child! said Edith, looking at her. When was I a child? What childhood did you ever leave to me? I was a woman - artful, designing, mercenary, laying snares for men - before I knew myself, or you, or even understood the base and wretched aim of every | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 6 | Would you, do you, my dear? rejoined the Captain . . . . I don't know. It's difficult navigation. She's very hard to carry on with, my dear. You never can tell how she'll head, you see. She's full one minute, and round upon you next. | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 7 | It's nothing, returned Mrs Chick. It's merely change of weather. We must expect change. | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 8 | Long may it remain in this mixed world a point not easy of decision, which is the more beautiful evidence of the Almighty's goodness--the delicate fingers that are formed for sensitiveness and sympathy of touch, and made to minister to pain and grief, or | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 9 | If you will take me for your wife, Walter, I will love you dearly. If you will let me go with you, Walter, I will go to the world's end without fear. I can give up nothing for you - I have nothing to resign, and no one to forsake; but all my love and life | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
| 10 | ...As to sleep, you know, I never sleep now. I might be a Watchman, except that I don't get any pay, and he's got nothing on his mind. | Dickens | Charles | Dombey and Son |
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