“Nicholas Nickleby” quotes

“Weakness is tiring, but strength is exhausting.”
Charlie Hunnam - Nicholas Nickleby

“In every life, no matter how full or empty one's purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills.”
John Barry Humphries - Mrs. Crummles

“What faces will smile on me when I die? Who will comfort me that long night?”
Jamie Bell - Smike

“I feel you know what it's like to be without happiness, but do you know what it's like to be afraid of it? To see the world as so conniving, you cannot take pleasure in the appareance of something good because you suspect it is only a painted drop behind which other troubles lie.”

Anne Hathaway - Madeline Bray

“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.”
John Barry Humphries - Mrs. Crummles

“My father told me that the great journey of my life would be to find such a person. But, I am nearly 20 years of age and I fear he may be wrong.”
Charlie Hunnam - Nicholas Nickleby