In its words

Oliver Twist quotes

5 quotes from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

5 books shelved

Please, sir, I want some more.

— Oliver Twist · Oliver in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)

The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale.

— Narrator of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)

the law is a ass—a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor

— Mr Bumble · Mr Bumble in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)

I thieved for you when I was a child not half as old as this!

— Nancy · Nancy in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)

His name was Bob Fagin; and I took the liberty of using his name, long afterwards, in Oliver Twist.

— Charles Dickens, autobiographical fragment printed in John Forster's The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I, Chapter II

More quotes

Every verified collection

Writers, books, and films — each line checked against its source.

About the book

Oliver Twist

By Charles Dickens (1838) — the story, the places, the editions.

Newsletter

Join our newsletter

New stories about art, literature and famous places around the world.