random quote

I have learned a deeper appreciation for Charles Dickens over this summer. David Copperfield has become a favorite novel of mine, and I was quite entertained by Nicolas Nickleby. My favorite quote from Nicolas Nickleby, a very random one, made me laugh a hearty laugh though I tried to hide it. I am endeared to Dickens' "buffoons"-- maybe both annoyed and endeared. They provide such a comic relief to the paragraphs that are otherwise filled with relentless hardship.


"You know, there is no language of vegetables which converts a cucumber into a formal declaration of attachment."

(Mrs. Nickelby reasoning why her neighbor throws garden vegetables at her)