Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage. - Charles Dickens

If any one were to ask me what in my opinion was the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the Earth, I should decidedly say Chelmsford.

…not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.

"We went our several ways," said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped."