Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France
I definitely can't resist taking a picture every time I walk by it.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hate to wish days away, but I have been waiting for Thanksgiving before bringing in any Christmas to our home. This is usually not that hard for me, because I love Thanksgiving, but without gatherings and being in a strict lockdown for the past month, it's been harder to resist the siren call of twinkle lights and Christmas movies. But the time for resistance has passed, and the pumpkins will be going out today in a glad surrender to a new season.
"Some might wonder that the two men should consider themselves to be old friends having only known each other for four years; but the tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time. These two would have felt like old friends had they met just hours before. To some degree, this was because they were kindred spirits--finding ample evidence of common ground and cause for laughter in the midst of effortless conversation; but it was almost certainly a matter of upbringing."
- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
"For when life makes it impossible for a man to pursue his dreams, he will connive to pursue them anyway."
- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
- Marcel Proust, quoted in A Writer's Paris by Eric Maisel
"There is one essential truth in the stories of Nicholas and Santa Claus: the goodness of the gift offered with no expectation of anything in return. The value of three bags tossed through a window in Patara long ago does not lie in the gold they contained. The act of giving and the effects of the act make those bags priceless. That same spirit lives in our time in a parent or other adult who with secret joy watches a wonder-struck child discover on Christmas morning that Santa has paid a nighttime visit."
- The True Saint Nicholas: Why He Matters to Christmas, William J. Bennett
"Santa Claus is, in a very real sense, the result of a Christ-inspired goodness that has rippled across seventeen centuries, from Nicholas's time to our own. Despite secularization and commercialization, Santa Claus is a manifestation of Nicholas's decision to give to others. The history of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus is a kind of miracle in itself. It is a legacy that resonates with God's love."
- The True Saint Nicholas: Why He Matters to Christmas, William J. Bennett
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