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