Christmas Quotes
Most of the quotes on this page are not about Christmas at all. We built it from the pages on family, love and gratitude, which is what people tend to want for a card or a toast.
That makes it a long list, ordered by quality rather than by how seasonal each entry feels. If you want something that sounds like Christmas, search for it. If you want something that would be true at any family table, start here.
But, mad with his love,
To a precipice goes,
Where a leap from above
Would soon finish his woes.
The love most frequently praised by winter is young love —bold and courageous.
"Writing can't be done for leisure, but for me it's a joy of life and I love writing every day."
When we lose a love, we write a poem; when we lose our homeland, we write a novel
When I saw the play, I said to myself, 'That's what I want to do.' It was love at first sight
Love does not see colour; you can choose to love instead of hate.
I, who once with youthful mind
Played with love’s sweet verse, ...
Arms, and heroes I sing!
In love, a small gesture can make up for a lot: come on, take off your underwear.
And I’ll love you as long
As the furrow the plow,
As However is Ever,
And Ever is Now.
In darkness and in hedges
I sang my sour tone
and all my love was howling
conspicuously alone.
"A great help in my life came from someone up there who loved me and helped me."
Using language that is quite familiar today, we can say that love knows “no form of discrimination.”