Dickensian Quotes

In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all.

It was my angry, Dickensian novel, I suppose. It was cathartic - I expended a lot of frustration on that one.

I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile.

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian.