The Muppets: "It's in the singing..."

It Feels Like Christmas 

It's in the singing of a street corner choir
It's going home and getting warm by the fire
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas

A cup of kindess that we share with another
A sweet reunion with a friend or a brother
In all the places you find love it feels like Christmas

It is the season of the heart
A special time of caring
The ways of love made clear
It is the season of the sprit
The message if we hear it
Is make it last all year

It's in the giving of a gift to another
A pair of mittens that were made by your mother
It's all the ways that we show love that feel like Christmas

A part of childhood we'll always remember
It is the summer of the soul in December
Yes, when you do your best for love it feels like Christmas

It is the season of the heart
A special time of caring
The ways of love made clear
It is the season of the sprit
The message if we hear it
Is make it last all year

It's in the singing of a street corner choir
It's going home and getting warm by the fire
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas

—from The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Jan Karon: "I was able to..."

"I was able to do what I loved! I consider this a most extraordinary miracle in a world which conspires to rob us of our dreams, and even of our passion."

—Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills

Jan Karon: "But it wasn't stuff..."

"But it wasn't stuff like the pony or the tree house that made the difference, sir. What made the difference was their love. It had a force to it, and it stayed with me all the time. Looking back, I'd say it made me feel... invincible."

—Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills

Jan Karon: "When we view the..."

"When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things."

—Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills

Deitrich Bonhoeffer: "Only he who gives..."

"Only he who gives thanks for little things receives the big things."

—Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

Oswald Chambers: "We look for visions..."

"We look for visions of heaven and we never dream that all the time God is in the commonplace things and people around us."

—Oswald Chambers

Jan Karon: "He knew it could..."

"He knew it could not always be this way. No, nothing ever remained the same. If he had learned anything in life, he had learned that such moments were fragile beyond knowing."

—Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills

Jan Karon: "One does not expect miracles..."

"One does not expect miracles. A miracle is, at least partly by definition, something quite unexpected."

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window

Jan Karon: "Why was fear always..."

"Why was fear always so close upon the heels of joy, overtaking it every time?"

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window

Jan Karon: "I shall give you..."

"I shall give you as much love and affection and happiness as I am capable of giving. Which, I believe... is quite a lot."

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window

Jan Karon: "What a lovely thing..."

"What a lovely thing it is to begin to love. I shall not dwell on the fear, which seems always to come with it. I shall write only of the victory, for that is what is on my heart tonight."

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window

Jan Karon: "How lovely that you..."

"How lovely that you can still surprise yourself. I couldn't love you if you were completely buttoned up. It's that little place you can never quite manage to get closed that makes me love you."

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window

Jan Karon: "My work is awfully..."

"My work is awfully labored just now. Sometimes it has the most wonderful life of its own, it fairly pulls me along... At other times, it drags and mopes, so that I despair of ever writing another word... I've found that if one keeps pushing along during the mopes, out will flash the most exhilarating thought or idea - and then, one is off again, and hold on to your hat!"

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window, Cynthia describing her writing

Jan Karon: "Everything and nothing..."

"Everything and nothing. What you did today, what I did today, what we'll do tomorrow. About God and how He's working in our lives. About my work, about your work, about life, about love, about what's for dinner and how the roses are doing..."

—Jan Karon, A Light in the Window, Cynthia's answer to Father Tim's question "What do you want to talk about?" in regards to married life

W. Somerset Maugham: "Only the mediocre man..."

"Only the mediocre man is always at his best."

—W. Somerset Maugham

Stephen Karam: "Some things you can't..."

"Some things you can't understand until you understand them. Until they're happening to you."

—Stephen Karam, character of Charles in Sons of the Prophet

Stephen Karam: "Any time you try..."

"Any time you try to put the truth on paper, you get a form of fiction."

—Stephen Karam, character of Gloria in Sons of the Prophet

Jordan Roth: "She sees all of us..."

"She sees all of us as our best selves. And then helps us become it. That is what it is to produce. To make. To create. To build something because you see it as what it can be, not just what it is now. To do that for a show is a talent. To do it for a person is a blessing."

-Jordan Roth (speaking of his mother, Daryl Roth)

Jordan Roth: "There are two kinds..."

"There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who close the door behind them, and those who hold it open for the rest of us. If you've ever met my mother, you already know which she is."

-Jordan Roth

Ben Franklin: "If we don't hang together..."

"If we don't hang together, we shall surely hang separately."

-Ben Franklin

Natasha Lyonne: "...just hang in there..."

"... just hang in there. The world can be a much bigger place."

-Natasha Lyonne

Alan W. Watts: "To have faith is..."

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim, you don't grab hold of the water because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

—Alan W. Watts