Joyce Carol Oates

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”

~ Joyce Carol Oates (b. June 16, 1938)

Joan Didion

“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”

Joan Didion (b. December 5, 1934 – d. December 23, 2021)

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

~T.S. Eliot (b. September 26, 1888 – d. January 4, 1965)

“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.”
~ Fennel Hudson, British author

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

Edith Sitwell (b. 7 September 1887 – d. 9 December 1964)

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank (b. 12 June 1929 – d. February 1945, aged 15)