# Dombey and Son

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Quotes: 9
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/dombey-and-son

## Quotes

> "I want to know what it says," he answered, looking steadily in her face. "The sea Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying?"

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> He’s tough, ma’am,—tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly.

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> …not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.

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> "Wal'r, my boy," replied the Captain, "in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!' When found, make a note of."

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> "Time was," he said, "when it was well to watch even your rising little star, and know in what quarter there were clouds, to shadow you if needful. But a planet has arisen, and you are lost in its light."

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> Cows are my passion.

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> If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.

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> The bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

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> ... vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

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