Gracie Cable

“It is for art to present images of a lovelier order than the actual, gently winning the affections, and so determining the taste.”
― George Eliot

“Welcome, New Year," said Captain Jim, bowing low as the last stroke died away. " I wish you all the best years of your lives, mates. I reckon taht whatever the New Year brings us will be the best the Great Captain has for us -and somehow or other we'll all make port in a good harbour.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams: Annotated Edition

“What happens when you’ve been following a star, and it leads you to a stable? What happens when all of a sudden, after thinking that something grand and glorious would be at the other end, you end up in the backyard of a barn? And there, instead of a palace and a king on a throne, you find a little baby held by his mother. It’s nothing like what you had anticipated. How do you react when you follow the star and find a stable?”
― Max Lucado, On This Holy Night: The Heart of Christmas

“There has never been a gift offered that makes you swallow your pride to the depths that the gift of Jesus Christ requires us to do. Christmas means that we are so lost, so unable to save ourselves, that nothing less than the death of the Son of God himself could save us. That means you are not somebody who can pull yourself together and live a moral and good life.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ