“Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-bye is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.”
"If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away."
- John Steinbeck
Love
"What good is the warm of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
- John Steinbeck
Balance
"What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?"
- John Steinbeck
Balance
"If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones."
- John Steinbeck
Compassion
"Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold."
- John Steinbeck
Compassion
"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
Philosophy