"It is a long time,' repeated his..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock.”

“... I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.”

“It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.”

“I will die here where I have walked. And I will walk here, though I am in my grave. I will walk here until the pride of this house is humbled.”

“Vengeance is without foresight.”

“The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.”

“Let him smell his way to Dover!”

“Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.”

“If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.”