Charles Barbara

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I that I go to than I have ever known."A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens””

“It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.” Charles Dickens, David Copperfield””

“Having to amuse myself during those earlier years, I read voraciously and widely. Mythic matter and folklore made up much of that reading”