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“If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
Stave One. Spoken by Scrooge when talking to the gentlemen collecting funds for the poor.
“I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.”
Stave One. Spoken by Marley's ghost to Scrooge.
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it costs a fortune.”
Stave Two. Scrooge about Mr Fezziwig.
“Quite alone in the world, I do believe.”
Stave Two. Belle’s husband to Belle about Scrooge.
“a feathered phenomenon”
Stave Three. About the Cratchit’s goose.
“If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
Stave Three. About Tiny Tim.
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy.”
Stave Three. About Ignorance and Want.
“I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart.”
Stave Four. Scrooge says to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
“It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral, for upon my life I don’t know of anybody to go to it.”
Stave Four. Two Business Colleagues about Scrooge's death.
“overrun by grass and weeds”
Stave Four. About Scrooge’s grave.
“I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
Stave Four. Scrooge on what he has learnt from the ghosts.
“The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”
Stave Five. Scrooge
“I am as light as a feather, I am a happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man.”
Stave Five. Scrooge
“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father.”
Stave Five
“He knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the Knowledge.”
Stave Five
“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge.”
Stave One
