Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.

Every now and then we could steal somebody else's stuff.

I'd rather go with something eccentric--but beautifully eccentric.

I've always wanted to be a writer. Always been very creative. I always laughed at things that the rest of my family would sort of get angry, like not understand.

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Aspiration gets stuck in some people. It's difficult to think yes. Or up. When all you feel is fight or run.

The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each has left something undone.

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.

This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much a reaction to the pomposity of rock that existed within music at that time.