Quote by Charles Dickens

I should be an affected women, if I made any pretence of being surprised by my son's inspiring such emotions; but I can't be indifferent to anyone who is so sensible on his merits

I should be an affected women, if I made any pretence of bei

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker, a mother, would be insincere if she acted surprised by her son evoking strong emotions in others. Despite her lack of surprise, she conveys a genuine interest and concern for anyone who appreciates her son's qualities. This implies that she possesses a deep connection and love for her son, acknowledging his positive traits and feeling a sense of pride in his accomplishments without feigning surprise. The quote reflects the speaker's authenticity and emotional attachment to her son.

Topics

By Charles Dickens

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after a

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Benjamin Franklin

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't re

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

Maynard James Keenan

Al forms of consensus about great books and perennial proble

Al forms of consensus about great books and perennial problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life of the mind is always at the frontiers of what is already known. Those great books don't only need custodians and transmitters. To stay alive, they also need adversaries. The most interesting ideas are heresies.

It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, l

It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.

Rabindranath Tagore

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of ever

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'

Richard Branson

Life God Attitude

Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family.

Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter w

He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that became brilliant in proximity. At Sam's clumsy efforts to carry the vacuum, Grace smiled a new smile that I thought only he ever got, and he shot her a withering look full of the sort of subtext you could only get from a lot of conversations whispered after dark.It made me think of Isabel, back at her house. We didn't have what Sam and Grace had. We weren't even close to having it. I didn't think what we had could get to this, even if you gave it a thousand years.

Maggie Stiefvater

Love Grace Sam Cole Linger

It ain't over 'till it's over.

It ain't over 'till it's over.

The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and

The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose.

Christopher Hitchens

Humor Funny Literature Postmodernism