“Choose love not in the shallows/but in the deep.”-Christina Rossetti (died on 12/29/1894)
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother
“Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror/Just keep going/No feeling is final.”-Rainer Maria Rilke (died on 12/29/1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”-Eden Phillpotts (died on 12/29/1960)
Eden Phillpotts by Frederic Taber Cooper, 1912
Theodore Dreiser died on 28 December 1945. He was seventy-four.
A grumpy Theodore Dreiser looks like he wants to cut you. 1917.
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”-Theodore Dreiser
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Happy Christmas!
Harper’s Bazar, XMAS 1894
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
John Steinbeck Quote
Joe Strummer Quote
Eeyore enjoying some winter fun!
Sledding Eeyore
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”-A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
“Claus held fast and the next moment was flying so swiftly over the snow that he could not see the trees as they whirled past. Up hill and down dale, swift as an arrow shot from a bow they dashed, and Claus shut his eyes to keep the wind out of them and left the deer to find their own way.”
Claus Discovers Humanity
Emily Brontë died on 19 December 1848.
The Brontë Sisters by Branwell Brontë. Emily is in the middle.
“Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?”-Emily Brontë
*Wuthering Heights
Hermann Hesse Quote
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