I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. – Charles Dickens
Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!…. his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. – Charles Dickens
Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. – Charles Dickens
All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them. – Charles Dickens
Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. – Charles Dickens
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. – Charles Dickens
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens
