“In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes...

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having,...

“I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth...

“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with...

“Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands, Like a new Niobe with claspèd hands, Silent above the flowers, her...

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in...

“Wan February with weeping cheer, Whose cold hand guides the youngling year Down misty roads of mire and rime, Before...

“it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.” ~ Mary Oliver

“Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, their beauty withered, and their verdure lost!” ~ Alexander Pope

“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.” ~...