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Quotes About Celebration

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Come, drunks and drug-takers; come perverts unnerved! Receive the laurel, given, though late, on merit; to whom and wherever deserved. Parochial punks, trimmers, nice people, joiners true-blue, Get the hell out of the way of the laurel. It is deathless And it isn't for you.
~ Louise Bogan
Now there will be no more loneliness," said the minister, as he gave his final blessing on the couple. Go now to your dwelling place to enter into the days of your togetherness. And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
~ Louise Penny
Everyone was getting married and it seemed like fun. I
~ Louise Penny
Picking up his pace, he and Henri wove between the revelers carrying their hollow plastic canes filled with Caribou,
~ Louise Penny
Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.
~ Unknown
When the birds their sweethearts win And champagne is in the air, Love is here, and Love is there, Love is welcome everywhere.
~ Unknown
Risk should not reflect a celebration of foolishness but a freedom from fear.
~ Luci Shaw
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.
~ Lucille Clifton
come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.
~ Lucille Clifton
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.
~ Jodi Picoult
Vonita, God rest her soul, used to say that if men were the ones to get pregnant, abortion would probably be a sacrament. The Super Bowl halftime show would celebrate it. Men who had terminated pregnancies would be asked to stand and be applauded at church for the courage to make that decision. Viagra would be sold with a coupon for three free abortions.
~ Jodi Picoult
We worked and we ate and we celebrated birthdays and gossiped and read and wrote and prayed and we woke up each morning to do it all over again.
~ Jodi Picoult
Nobody's birthday.
~ Jodi Picoult
He decided quite suddenly, having kept fairly good record on the calendar, that tomorrow was Christmas Eve, and zombies be damned. The Christmas lights were going up.
~ Joe R. Lansdale
Every friendship has its own victories
~ John Arthur
Create wonderful memories of yourself with your friends.
~ John Arthur
Every friendship has its own birthday.
~ John Arthur
Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink.
~ John Berendt
Your progress as a runner is a frustratingly slow process of small gains. It's a matter of inching up your mileage and your pace. It's a matter of learning to celebrate the small gains as if they were Olympic victories. It means paying your dues on the road or the treadmill. It means searching for the limits of your body and demanding that your spirit not give up. It means making the most of what you have. It means making yourself an athlete one workout at a time.
~ John Bingham
Cyril, you remember Peter and Ruth, don't you?' she said. 'Of course' I replied. 'Happy Christmas. Nice to see you both again.' 'Happy Christmas to you,' said Peter, an enormous man bursting out of an extra-large shirt. 'And may the blessings of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior be with you on this momentous day.' 'Fair enough,' I said 'Hello, Ruth.
~ John Boyne
It's wonderful! Music in the house! Music in the heart! And music also in heaven, for joy that we are here!
~ John Bunyan