# Quote — Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son

> "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."

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Dombey and Son](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/dombey-and-son.md)
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> "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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