Click on each quote (if possible) to see its significance and an annotated version. Quotes are listed in no particular order.
"as solitary as an oyster"
"hard and sharp as flint"
"dismal little cell"
"I cannot afford to make idle people merry"
"If they would rather die, then they'd better do it and decrease the surplus population"
"his face was ruddy and handsome"
"I have always thought of Christmas-time ... as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time"