1. "People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents".
Bryce Courtenay
2. "It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul".
Caroline Kennedy
3. "The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value".
Charles Dudley Warner
4. "Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection".
Pindar
5. "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store".
Dr. Seuss
6. "Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!"
Charles Dickens
7. "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live".
George Carlin
8. "I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season".
Ashley Tisdale
9. "Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip".
Gary Allan
10. "A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together".
Garrison Keillor
11. "I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness".
Carrie Fisher
12. "Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice".
Dave Barry
13. "I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas".
Hillary Scott
14. "Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year".
Victor Borge
15. "Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity".
Chris Van Allsburg
16. "As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving".
A “fairy-story” is one which touches on or uses Faerie, whatever its own main purpose may be: satire, adventure, morality, fantasy. Faerie itself may perhaps most nearly be translated by Magic — but it is magic of a peculiar mood and power, at the furthest pole from the vulgar devices of the laborious, scientific, magician. There is one proviso : if there is any satire present in the tale, one thing must not be made fun of, the magic itself. That must in that story be taken seriously, neither laughed at nor explained away.
“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of
choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness
that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in
your head.”
Lisbeth Salander, protagonista da triologia Millenium escrita por Stieg Larsson, está aqui brilhantemente ilustrada por Fernando Vicente. Se ainda não conhece esta personagem não sabe o que perde. Mas precisa de ter algum estômago porque a sua história não é pêra doce!