quotes

• "as hard and sharp as a flint" - about scrooge s1
• "as solitary as an oyster" - about scrooge, s1
• "if they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population" - scrooge, s1
• "I wear the chains I forged in life" "the chain was made up of cash boxes ... ledgers .... heavy purses" - Marley's ghost, stave 1
• "a solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still - scrooge sobbed" - scrooge seeing his younger self stave 2
• "I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now" -scrooge at Fezziwig's party, stave 2
• "the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roof..... dirtier snow upon the ground"
• "a jolly giant who bore a glowing torch" - the ghost of Christmas present, stave 3
• "scrooge was the ogre of the family and the mention of his name cast a shadow" - the Cratchits reaction to scrooges name stave 3
• "boy is ignorance. Girl is want"
• "it was shrouded in a deep black garment" - the ghost of Christmas yet to come, stave 4
• "I will not shut out the lessons that they teach"
• "upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name" - scrooges own grave, stave 4
• "the cold within him froze his old features"
• "I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am giddy as a drunken man" - transformed scrooge, stave 5
• "another idol has displaced me"