“Pumpkins, in October, as fat as the full moon, they sit on our doorstep at night and glow.”
"The first real day of spring is like the first time a boy holds your hand. A flood of skin-tingling warmth consumes you, and everything shines with a fresh, colorful glow, making you forget that anything as cold and harsh as winter ever existed."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Love
"Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Love
"We’re all a little broken. But love is about finding someone whose pieces fit yours."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Love
"Your life is not a simulation; it’s the real game. Play wisely."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Awareness
"A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Compassion
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."
- Carol Nelson
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature
"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."
- Richard Paul Evans
Nature
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature