Charles Dickens Quotes
Author, Social Critic
Charles Dickens was author, social critic from Great Britain
“Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”— Charles Dickens
From the novel 'Our Mutual Friend' (1865). Dickens knew what he was talking about: he grew up in poverty, worked as a child in a factory, and spent his life writing about people society had written off. This line is not about softness. It is about the strength to stay kind in a world that rewards cruelty.
The Story of Charles
Rochester
Dickens died on June 9, 1870, from a stroke at Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester. He was 58. He had been working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which was never finished. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, though he had wanted a quiet funeral. His gravestone reads: he was sympathetic to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed.
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