We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

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"You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it."

- Tennessee Williams

Awareness

"Luck is believing you’re lucky."

- Tennessee Williams

Belief

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

- Tennessee Williams

Compassion

"Whoever you are — I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

- Tennessee Williams

Compassion

"If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels."

- Tennessee Williams

Self-awareness

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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