Anything for a quiet life; as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse. Auteur: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?""I wear the chain I f…” “A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported whatthe rest of her poor…” “Good for Christmas-time is the ruddy colour of the cloak in which--the tree mak…” “Make the betht of uth; not the wurtht!”