quotes

• scrooge

  'as solitary as an oyster'
• scrooge

  'i can't afford to make idle people merry'
• scrooge

  'a solitary child, neglected by his friends'
• scrooge

  'are there no workhouses?'
• scrooge

  'tight-fisted hand at the grindstone'
• scrooge

  'scrooge was better than his word. he did it all'
• christmas present

  'though the spirits eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them'
• scrooge

  'i am not the man i was. i will not be the man i must have been'
• bob

  'dismal little cell'
• fred

  'he was all in a glow ... his eyes sparkled'
• fred

  'never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket ... it has done me good'
• scrooge

  'decrease the surplus population'
• scrooge

  'hard and sharp as flint'
• marley

  'wear the chain i forg'd in life'
• marley

  'mankind was my business'
• marley

  'you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate'
• scrooge

  'christmas is the time of year where want is keenly felt and abundance rejoices'
• scrooge

  'as happy as an angel'
• christmas future

  'i fear you more than any spectre i have seen'
• scrooge

  'another idol has replaced me ... a golden one'
• fred

  'i couldn't be angry with him if i tried'
• fred

  'a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time'
• marley

  'no rest, no peace. incessant torture of remorse'
• bob

  'mr scrooge, the founder of the feast'
• tiny tim

  'god bless us every one!'
• tiny tim

  'his withered little hand'
• ignorance + want

  'they are man's ... beware them both'
• ignorance + want

  'frightful,hideous, miserable'
• ignorance + want

  'yellow, meagre, ragged, wolfish'
• christmas yet to come

  'the spirit neither spoke nor moved'
• stave 1

  'it was cold, bleak, biting weather'
• christmas present

  'antique scabbard; but no sword was in it'
• tiny tim

  'remember upon christmas day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see'
• mrs cratchit

  'brave in ribbons'
• scrooge

  'i will honour christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the past, present, and the future'
• scrooge

  'darkness was cheap and scrooge liked it'
• christmas past

  'clear, bright jet of light'
• fred

  'open house'
• scrooge

  'tell me if tiny tim will live'
• fezziwig

  'rubbed his hands'