I'm a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants Author: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right.” “Oh! captive, bound, and double-ironed," cried the phantom, "not to know, that a…” “It is no small thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. ” “Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human natur.”