Quotes & Sayings About Being Sad On Christmas

Pericles, he reflected, was a sad case. He'd been a postman all his life, a solid, reliable worker, until one Christmas when he had stolen all the gifts he was meant to deliver: wind-chimes, scented candles, Belgian chocolates, cowbells from the Bernese Oberland. Most of the haul had been lavished on his elderly mother; the rest he had stashed in his bedroom, which the old lady, being too frail to climb the stairs, no longer cleaned. — Alison Fell

Where the veil broke, you could see silvery clouds on which tall angels might stand. Not cute little Christmas angels, but high, stern angels in white robes, whose faces were sad and serious from being near God all day and hearing His decisions about the world. — Cynthia Voigt

May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. — Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Wealth had made rigor unnecessary in the United States, historically speaking. Kids didn't need to master complex material to succeed in life - not until recently, anyway. Other — Amanda Ripley

Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love. — Helen Humphreys

Real evil wasn't about bending the law to suit justice: evil was acting out of small, intensely personal expedience and losing sight of the bigger picture so often that you never got it back again. — Karen Traviss

Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there. — Eckhart Tolle

While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats. — Tony Blankley

Really, Mr. Grant. One would think that after living in this town for nearly a week and making numerous visits to my library, you would extend me the courtesy of learning my name." "I know your name, Eden." Her eyes shot to his. "I know your name." The intensity in his gaze left no doubt of his sincerity. — Karen Witemeyer

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare. — Virginia Woolf

The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely. — William Shakespeare

Po's [Kung Fu Panda] unending enthusiasm is something we wish we could have. We can't help but root for him because of his geek energy. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson