Quotes About Havisham

#1. Rotten luck," said Falstaff as I walked past. "There were the remains of a fine woman about Havisham.

Jasper Fforde

#2. It was as if Tutankhamen or Miss Havisham had wandered into the pub one night and started bitching about the head on the pints.

Tana French

#3. Look at me,' said Miss Havisham. 'You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?

Charles Dickens

#4. I was very glad afterwards to have had the interview; for, in her face and in her voice, and in her touch, she gave me the assurance, that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham's teaching, and had given her a heart to understand what my heart used to be.

Charles Dickens

#5. Nothing, and Mr. Havisham kept her from suspecting

Frances Hodgson Burnett

#6. I'm not just a face, or a body. I'm a Havisham.

Ronald Frame

#7. All got really plastered after that. Was completely fantastic evening. As Tom said, if Miss Havisham had had some jolly flatmates to take the piss out of her she would never have stayed so long in her wedding dress.

Helen Fielding

#8. Within a quarter of an hour we came to Miss Havisham's house, which was of old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. Some of the windows had been walled up; of those that remained, all the lower were rustily barred. There was a courtyard in front, and that was barred;

Charles Dickens

#9. She sighs, and then gives me this look. It's new and I don't like it. Sort of, Two roads diverged in a wood, mine is normal, but I hope you can be happy for me even though you are Miss Havisham.

Anna Breslaw

#10. You nearly killed eight people!" I managed to gasp out loud.
"My count was closer to twelve," returned Havisham as she opened the door. "And anyhow, you can't nearly kill someone. Either they are dead or they are not.

Jasper Fforde

#11. How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse.

Norman Mailer

#12. I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.

Ben Barnes

#13. Grimalkin jumped up beside Ash again. "The park," he said calmly. "We take him to the park. The dryads should be able to help him."
"Should? What if they can't?"
"Then, human, I would start praying for a miracle."
-Grimalkin and Meghan

Julie Kagawa

#14. And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito.

Christopher Moore

#15. Who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind!

Charles Dickens

#16. As a country, we've given up our birthright for even less than bread and pottage. We've given it up for nothing - although I'm sure some people somewhere are richer now.

Octavia E. Butler

#17. Would it be weakness to return my love?

Charles Dickens

#18. Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit

Abdu'l- Baha

#19. I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.

Daniel Morgan

#20. If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

Leo Tolstoy

#21. It was like hacking through a thicket of raw tension whenever we were near each other.

Jessica Shirvington

#22. For an everyday makeup look, I usually use Almay's CC cream, then concealer, bronzer and maybe a bit of mascara. The whole thing takes me ten minutes. I apply everything with my hands and blend like crazy.

Kate Hudson

#23. On a superhero show, you have to have people who are really human and who have the experience the audience is having.

Candice Patton