Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. The Circumlocution Office2021-02-06T14:22:42+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 Office2020-09-03T16:40:47+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 Office2020-09-02T22:34:50+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Appearance (Person)| Read More
You may be an undigested bit of beef. The Circumlocution Office2020-11-25T20:01:14+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Food, Skepticism| Read More
No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse. The Circumlocution Office2021-01-08T15:11:30+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Regret| Read More
Like a bad lobster in a dark cellar. The Circumlocution Office2020-09-02T22:36:04+01:00Categories: 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 Office2020-11-30T14:03:44+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Business, Charity| Read More
You have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. The Circumlocution Office2020-11-30T14:02:39+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Destiny| Read More
No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused. The Circumlocution Office2020-11-30T14:00:16+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Emotions, Regret| Read More
Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. The Circumlocution Office2020-09-02T16:58:35+01:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death| Read More
I wear the chain I forged in life. The Circumlocution Office2020-11-30T14:02:39+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 Office2020-11-30T13:51:45+00:00Categories: A Christmas Carol|Tags: Death, Guilt| Read More
