Marley was dead: to begin with. The Circumlocution Office2022-10-07T13:50:33+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death| Read More
Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. The Circumlocution Office2022-11-17T23:42:13+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death| Read More
Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode! Were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted me! The Circumlocution Office2022-10-07T19:13:10+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Bible, Regret| Read More
Scrooge, having his key in the lock of the door, saw in the knocker, without its undergoing any intermediate process of change—not a knocker, but Marley’s face. The Circumlocution Office2022-10-31T08:55:36+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Appearance (Person)| Read More
You may be an undigested bit of beef. The Circumlocution Office2022-10-07T19:40:05+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Food, Skepticism| Read More
No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse. The Circumlocution Office2022-10-07T21:33:22+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Regret| Read More
Like a bad lobster in a dark cellar. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-05T15:10:19+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Appearance (Person)| Read More
Business! Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business! The Circumlocution Office2022-10-12T09:32:32+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Business, Charity| Read More
You have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. The Circumlocution Office2022-09-26T16:25:51+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Destiny| Read More
No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused. The Circumlocution Office2023-02-14T20:42:08+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Emotions, Regret| Read More
Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-05T15:50:57+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death| Read More
I wear the chain I forged in life. The Circumlocution Office2023-02-14T20:37:21+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Destiny, Emotions| Read More
It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-12T22:11:34+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death, Guilt| Read More
