If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

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- Eric Sevareid

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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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