The Old Curiosity Shop Quotes

#1. I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book.

Anne Rice

#2. In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.

Robert Benchley

#3. Fighting is art and there is nothing more beautiful than the painted canvas of just totally kicking someone's ass.

Frank Shamrock

#4. But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

Edward Abbey

#5. Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.

Victor Hugo

#6. What is called happiness is an abstract idea, composed of various ideas of pleasure; for he who has but a moment of pleasure is not a happy man, in like manner that a moment of grief constitutes not a miserable one.

Voltaire

#7. Never did get my curiosity cured,' she said. 'Some people sit around and wait for the world to poke them. Right here in this old curiosity shop of a world, they say, 'Poke me, world,' Well, you have to keep the challenges coming on. Make them up if necessary.

William Least Heat-Moon

#8. I used to be frightened of the countryside after dark. Now I enjoy it. There is something wonderful about those strange country and wildlife noises.

Jasmine Guinness

#9. He brought in the bread, cheese, and beer, with many high encomiums upon their excellence.

Charles Dickens

#10. Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.

Jonathan Haidt

#11. Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.

Gore Vidal

#12. And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace
and with what confidence?

John Irving

#13. We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours.

Joseph Chamberlain

#14. Clemency marvelled, trying a purple eyeshadow shot with gold sparkly bits on the back of her hand

Jill Mansell