It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud

It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that had been heated in a furnace, and were growing cold. – Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter XLII

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Sky & Clouds
category

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Sky & Clouds

Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. – Diane Ackerman

Category:
Sky & Clouds

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. – Buddha

Category:
Sky & Clouds

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. – Anton Chekhov

Category:
Sky & Clouds

Random Quotes

At the time of Polaroid – and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff – at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing. – Jim Henson

Category:
respect

Theres nothing less funny than someone who looks cool. Theres nothing more unappealing. – Eric Wareheim

Category:
cool

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I cant help it. Its the truth. – Charlie Chaplin

Category:
Art

I could never think well of a mans intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. – Nathaniel Emmons

Category:
Punctuality