"Oliver Twist" Quotes
An orphan boy navigates the harsh realities of 19th century London while seeking his true identity and a place to call home.
classics | 608 pages | Published in 1939
Quotes
Please, sir, I want some more.
I see it all plain enough. He has been brought up by the parish, or he wouldn't have come here to be married. Oh, no!
I hope I am not more self-interested than I ought to be. The chances are, that if I hadn't taken this child under my protection, he would have been half-starved, or murdered, or forced to become a thief.
The boy is discharged. Clear out!
I see it all, and know that we have to part. I know that, and you needn't tell me. We shall never be together again.
I wish some well-fed philosopher, whose meat and drink turn to gall within him; whose blood is ice, whose heart is iron; could have seen Oliver Twist clutching at the dainty viands that the dog had neglected. I wish he could have witnessed the horrible avidity with which Oliver tore the bits asunder with all the ferocity of famine.
A woman brought a child into the workhouse. What the devil do you want with me?
And the moral of this is, that if you feel very, very hungry, you had better not mention it; for it will make you more hungry, and you will eat less.
The law supposes that your wife acts under your direction.
The young lady was in the very act of producing her pocket-handkerchief, when she was called away.
