Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love, and a little for the bottle.
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.
I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love.
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
We want to be a peace-loving element among the nations. We cannot repeat that often enough.
I love the whirling of the dervishes.
I love the beauty of rare innocence.
Speech without word and
Word of no speech
Grace to the Mother
For the Garden
Where all love ends.
I am not sure if love is a salve or just a deeper kind of wound.
I only know we loved in vain;
I only feel — farewell! farewell!
Beautiful language! Love's peculiar, own,
But only to the spring and summer known.
"I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved."
I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment.
"If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable."