It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

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"Marriage: a friendship recognized by the police."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Love

"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Love

"So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no person is useless while he has a friend."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Love

""You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.""

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Love

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

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"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."

- Carol Nelson

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"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

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"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."

- Richard Paul Evans

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"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

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