Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.note: Leitmotiv is German for 'leading motif'. It is a short musical phrase of specific sound effect that signals the appearance of a person, action, or situation.

Henri CartierBresson

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

Jenny Holzer

Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.

Dagobert D. Runes

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

John Cale

Silverfish looked down. Oh. Are you a dwarf? Cuddy gave him a blank stare. Are you a giant? He said. Me? Of course not! Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes. Right! Right!

Terry Pratchett

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Mahatma Gandhi

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Agatha Christie

So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me.

Kathy Mattea

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

Bradley Chicho

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligulas horse was made Consul.

John Randolph

Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone.

Robert D. Foster

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

Emile M. Cioran