Claire Tomalin Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they're going to marry, when they're going to die. It's strange to feel so omniscient.”

“When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.”

“After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.”

“As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice.”

“Because my father is French, my first school was the Lycee Francais de Londres in Kensington.”

“Biographers search for traces, for evidence of activity, for signs of movement, for letters, for diaries, for photographs.”

“Dickens belongs to the English people.”

“Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.”

“Dickens is always full of surprises.”

“Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.”