QUOTE OF THE DAY

The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth! Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn! O Holy Night ! Origins of the Quote O Holy Night is […]

“On the 12th day of Christmas My true love sent to me 12 drummers drumming Eleven pipers piping Ten lords a-leaping Nine ladies dancing Eight maids a-milking Seven swans a-swimming Six geese a-laying Five golden rings (five golden rings) Four calling birds Three French hens Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear tree And a partridge in a pear […]

“Then I was certain I had never meant To let him have them. Never show surprise! But thirty dollars seemed so small beside The extent of pasture I should strip, three cents (For that was all they figured out apiece), Three cents so small beside the dollar friends I should be writing to within the hour Would pay in cities […]

That Christmas when we had recently achieved so much fame; when we had been carried in triumph somewhere, for doing something great and good; when we had won an honoured and ennobled name, and arrived and were received at home in a shower of tears of joy; is it possible that THAT Christmas has not come yet? What Christmas Is […]

“It’s bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody something you want THEM to have.” Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory Origins of the Quote The quote is from Truman Capote’s unforgettable book, published by Random House in 1956. It is a story about a […]

“It’s a bonny thing,” said he. “Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course, it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil’s pet baits.” The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Origins of the Quote “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” is one of the 56 short story cases of Sherlock Holmes. […]

“In the morning the servants and the housemaid came in. “Now,” thought the fir, “all my splendor is going to begin again.” But they dragged him out of the room and up stairs to the garret, and threw him on the floor, in a dark corner, where no daylight shone, and there they left him. “What does this mean?” thought […]

“When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason.” The Gift of the Magi ,O Henry Origins of the Quote The quote is about the young Della who is vexed about how she will give an appropriate gift to her husband, Jim. She holds Jim in very high regard and doesn’t want to disappoint him. […]

“These little wights have made us rich, and we ought to be thankful to them, and do them a good turn if we can. I am quite sorry to see them run about as they do; and indeed it is not very decent, for they have nothing upon their backs to keep off the cold. I’ll tell you what, I […]

“He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep himself erect, shouldering his gun bravely.A door was suddenly opened, the draught caught the little dancer and she fluttered like a sylph, straight into the fire, to the soldier, blazed up and was gone!By this […]