"...Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I!"
"But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Oh, what fun! Audible is giving A Christmas Carol read by Tim Curry (!) to all of its members for free, and I'm loving it. If you don't dig audiobooks, you can still read it for free at Gutenberg. But seriously, you should try the audio version. Tim Curry totally brings the sexy back to Dickens.
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I love A CHRISTMAS CAROL. It's one of my all time favorite books. (Actually I love everything by Charles Dickens!)
ReplyDeleteI love Tim Curry. Dd you see him in that Alice movie on SyFY this week? Twisted take on Alice in Wonderland, but very interesting. Very appropriate quote for this time of year and this crappy economy.
ReplyDeleteStorytellers gotta read Dickens. He's a total master, Natalie.
ReplyDeleteI know, Karen. When I heard/read this quote, I immediately had to blog it.