Scrooge Quotes Effect
‘solitary as an oyster’
‘Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret,
and self-contained,’
‘he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!’
‘The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek,
stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue;’
‘A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.’
‘He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-
days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas’
‘No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.’
‘No wind that blew was bitterer than he, ’
‘The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him
in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely, and Scrooge never did.’
‘he liked. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy
to keep its distance,’
‘Scrooge had a very small fire’
“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
‘What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.’
‘“Good afternoon,” said Scrooge.’
‘At the ominous word “liberality,” Scrooge frowned,’
‘I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in
their useful course,” said Scrooge. “I’m very glad to hear it.”’
‘“I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge.’
‘“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus
population.’
‘the fog and darkness thickened so’
‘The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings sullenly congealed, and turned to
misanthropic ice’
‘The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at
Scrooge out of a gothic window in the wall,’
‘Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern;’
‘he closed his door, and locked himself in; double-locked himself in, which was not his
custom.’
‘It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other
rooms being all let out as offices.’
‘“It’s humbug still!” said Scrooge. “I won’t believe it.”’
‘he felt the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes;’
‘Scrooge fell upon his knees, and clasped his hands before his face.’
‘Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon’
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‘he scrambled out of bed, and groped his way to the window. He was obliged to rub the frost off’
‘He resolved to lie awake until the hour was passed; and, considering that he could no more go to
sleep than go to Heaven,’
‘The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze
unconsciously, and missed the clock.’
‘he had a special desire to see the Spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered.’
‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed all intention to offend’
‘Scrooge muttered, with an unusual catching in his voice, that it was a pimple;’
‘Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past! Why was he filled with
gladness when he heard them give each other Merry Christmas’
‘“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.” Scrooge said he knew it. And he
sobbed’
‘a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire; and Scrooge sat down upon a form, and wept to see
his poor forgotten self as he used to be’
‘not a drip from the half-thawed waterspout in the dull yard behind,’
‘fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.’
‘“Why, it’s Ali Baba!” Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy’
‘To hear Scrooge expending all the earnestness of his nature on such subjects, in a most
extraordinary voice between laughing and crying; and to see his heightened and excited face;
would have been a surprise to his business friends in the city, indeed.’
‘Halloa! Hoop! Halloo!’ ‘cried again.’
‘“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him
something: that’s all.”’
‘“Why, it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart; it’s Fezziwig alive again!”’
‘Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits. His heart and soul were in the scene, and with his
former self. He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and
underwent the strangest agitation.’
‘He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a
pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant
that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great
as if it cost a fortune.”’
‘“No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. That’s all.”’
‘Gain, engrosses you’
“There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn
with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
“show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?”
‘when he thought that such another creature, quite as graceful and as full of promise, might have
called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life, his sight grew very dim
indeed. ’
‘he seized the extinguisher-cap, and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head’
‘solitary as an oyster’
‘Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret,
and self-contained,’
‘he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!’
‘The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek,
stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue;’
‘A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.’
‘He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-
days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas’
‘No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.’
‘No wind that blew was bitterer than he, ’
‘The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him
in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely, and Scrooge never did.’
‘he liked. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy
to keep its distance,’
‘Scrooge had a very small fire’
“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
‘What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.’
‘“Good afternoon,” said Scrooge.’
‘At the ominous word “liberality,” Scrooge frowned,’
‘I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in
their useful course,” said Scrooge. “I’m very glad to hear it.”’
‘“I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge.’
‘“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus
population.’
‘the fog and darkness thickened so’
‘The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings sullenly congealed, and turned to
misanthropic ice’
‘The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at
Scrooge out of a gothic window in the wall,’
‘Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern;’
‘he closed his door, and locked himself in; double-locked himself in, which was not his
custom.’
‘It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other
rooms being all let out as offices.’
‘“It’s humbug still!” said Scrooge. “I won’t believe it.”’
‘he felt the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes;’
‘Scrooge fell upon his knees, and clasped his hands before his face.’
‘Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon’
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‘he scrambled out of bed, and groped his way to the window. He was obliged to rub the frost off’
‘He resolved to lie awake until the hour was passed; and, considering that he could no more go to
sleep than go to Heaven,’
‘The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze
unconsciously, and missed the clock.’
‘he had a special desire to see the Spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered.’
‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed all intention to offend’
‘Scrooge muttered, with an unusual catching in his voice, that it was a pimple;’
‘Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past! Why was he filled with
gladness when he heard them give each other Merry Christmas’
‘“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.” Scrooge said he knew it. And he
sobbed’
‘a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire; and Scrooge sat down upon a form, and wept to see
his poor forgotten self as he used to be’
‘not a drip from the half-thawed waterspout in the dull yard behind,’
‘fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.’
‘“Why, it’s Ali Baba!” Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy’
‘To hear Scrooge expending all the earnestness of his nature on such subjects, in a most
extraordinary voice between laughing and crying; and to see his heightened and excited face;
would have been a surprise to his business friends in the city, indeed.’
‘Halloa! Hoop! Halloo!’ ‘cried again.’
‘“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him
something: that’s all.”’
‘“Why, it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart; it’s Fezziwig alive again!”’
‘Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits. His heart and soul were in the scene, and with his
former self. He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and
underwent the strangest agitation.’
‘He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a
pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant
that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great
as if it cost a fortune.”’
‘“No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. That’s all.”’
‘Gain, engrosses you’
“There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn
with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
“show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?”
‘when he thought that such another creature, quite as graceful and as full of promise, might have
called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life, his sight grew very dim
indeed. ’
‘he seized the extinguisher-cap, and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head’
