Quotes

• "Marley was as dead as a doornail"
• "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner"
• "solitary as an oyster."
• "Hard and sharp as flint." - about Scrooge S1
• "no warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him."
• "I wear the chain I forged in life." - Jacob Marley S1
• "Mankind was my business" - Jacob Marley
• "He corroberated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything." -About Scrooge S2
• "He has the power to render us happy, or unhappy." - Scrooge about Fezziwig S2
• "I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That's all." - Scrooge to CP S2
• "'if they would rather die,' said Scrooge 'they need better do it, and decrease the surplus population." - Scrooge
• "Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it."
• "...shaking hands with every person individually as he or she went out, wished him or her a merry christmas." - About the Fezziwig family
• "The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." - Scrooge about Mr Fezziwig
• "Another idol has displaced me." - Belle to Scrooge
• "Quite alone in the world, I do believe." - Belle's husband to Belle
• "light as a feather."
• "merry as a schoolboy."
• "you're rich enough." - Fred to Scrooge
• "jolly giant."
• "like an old man." "like a child." - About CP
• "clear jet of light." - About CP
• "The founder of the feast." - Cratchit about Scrooge
• "mysterious presence." - About YTC
• "ignorance and want."
• "The spirits of all three shall strive within me." - Scrooge S5