"Little Dorrit" Quotes
"Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens explores themes of poverty and wealth through the life of Amy Dorrit, a young woman born in debtors' prison, as she navigates a world of societal constraints and personal redemption.
classics | Published in 2004
Quotes
Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving—HOW NOT TO DO IT.
A heart well worth winning, and well won.
It is a curious thing with the world that it is so easily roused and put down.
It came like the measles, and was a thing to be gone through.
There are people enough to tread upon me in my poverty, and there is no need for me to tread upon myself.
The world is a great lie.
I am a mere machine. I am as powerless to help myself as I am to help you.
It's all one, whether you're right or wrong when you're dead.
The dreams of childhood — its airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond; so good to be believed in once, so good to be remembered when outgrown.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
