Today is the 200th Birthday of one of my all time favorite authors........
That's right! Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812.
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| you've gotta love google's honorary doodle for the day ;) |
He wrote so many wonderful books with incredibly creative plots and very colorful characters!
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| Oliver Twist |
"Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful
companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very
doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people."
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| Great Expectations |
"Electric communication will never be a substitute for
the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be
brave and true."
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| Bleak House |
"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes
a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of
the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one
than the last."
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| A Christmas Carol |
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines
hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter
in the shade."
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| Nicholas Nickelby |
"Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips."
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| Little Dorrit |
"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."
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| Our Mutual Friend |
"The whole difference between construction and
creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved
after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."
*happy sigh* As you can see, he was a very quotable man, too. :) (I'm making myself want to go read one of these book right now!) Anyways, all of this to say....
Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens!!!
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Oh hurrah, huzzah, hip-hip-hooray and three cheers for Dickens's special day!!!! I love him. Greatest author of all time. Hands down.
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