The living should smile, for the dead cannot.

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"Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths."

- George R.R. Martin

Compassion

"Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you."

- George R.R. Martin

Self-awareness

"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf."

- George R.R. Martin

Self-awareness

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

- George R.R. Martin

Personal Growth

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one."

- George R.R. Martin

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

Philosophy

"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

Philosophy

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

Philosophy

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

Philosophy

"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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