The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death.

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"Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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"Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Compassion

"The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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"Life is God’s novel. Let him write it."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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"The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

- Archer

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"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

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"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

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

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"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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