I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.

“Come in, -- come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Prese…”

“In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disea…”

“They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is …”

“You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested…”