“Ever since the Christmas of ’53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving–Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who’s not home.”
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John Irving
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- Washington Irving Christmas Quotes “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ”
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- John Lennon Inspirational Quotes “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
- John Locke Knowledge Quotes “Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."
- John Green Freedom Quotes “Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.”
- John Steinbeck People Quotes “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
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