Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
“Top of the page: the title. Title.” Mr. Dickens mused, head down, rubbing his chin whiskers. “Pip, what’s a rare fine title for a novel that happens half in London, half in Paris?” “A—” I ventured. “Yes?” “A Tale,” I went on. “Yes?!” “A Tale of . . . Two Cities?!” “Madame!” Grandma looked up as he spoke. “This boy is a genius!”
Ray Bradbury • Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
what an incipient Hell was breeding here!
Charles Dickens • Nicholas Nickleby: By Charles Dickens : Illustrated
A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Great Expectations
having bestowed her affections (or whatever it might be that, in the absence of anything better, represented them)