12/27/19

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? -Robert Jordan

12/26/19

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. -Dean Koontz

12/25/19

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

12/24/19

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh

12/23/19

There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, "I disagree." We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect President. -Natalie Merchant

12/20/19

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. -Henri Nouwen

12/19/19

Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when they're ready, don't think you can plan it all out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again be exactly repeated. -Naomi Shihab Nye

12/18/19

Closing your eyes to the cruelty of life is, in my opinion, both stupid and sinful. There's very little we can do about it. So we have to at least acknowledge it. -Amos Oz

12/17/19

Standing before the refrigerator: If I have to ask myself if I am hungry, I’m not. -Hugh Prather

12/16/19

In fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library. -Daniel Quinn