Time can be a greedy thing – sometimes it steals the details for itself.

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"For you, a thousand times over."

- Khaled Hosseini

Love

"Attention shifted… like sunflowers turning to the sun."

- Khaled Hosseini

Awareness

"Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly."

- Khaled Hosseini

Inspiration

"Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work."

- Khaled Hosseini

Creativity

"I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had spent the better part of the first two years learning English. John Steinbeck's book was the first book I read in English where I had an 'Aha!' moment, namely in the famed turtle chapter."

- Khaled Hosseini

Learning

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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

Philosophy