--- title: "1 Christmas morning Quotes By Sy Montgomery" description: "1 Christmas morning quotes by Sy Montgomery. Plus more from Sy Montgomery and more Christmas morning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/sy-montgomery-19994_angel_even-in-the-wake-of-tragedy-we-could-not_2698841.jpg" --- > [“Even in the wake of tragedy, we could not have felt more amazed had we been visited by an angel that Christmas morning. When the angel met the shepherds in Bethlehem, the shepherds "were sore afraid." When I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/even-in-the-wake-of-tragedy-we-could-not-have-felt-more-amazed-had-we/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/sy-montgomery-19994_angel_even-in-the-wake-of-tragedy-we-could-not_2698841.jpg) ## More by Sy Montgomery > [“I never met a pig I didn't like. All pigs are intelligent, emotional, and sensitive souls. They all love company. They all crave contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/i-never-met-a-pig-i-didn-t-like-all-pigs-are-intelligent-emotional/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“As with a child, to commune with Athena demands a level of openness and intuition greater than that used in the usual discourse between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/as-with-a-child-to-commune-with-athena-demands-a-level-of-openness/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“I was warmly amused at the way each one tried to outdo the others in showing how her ape was the “most human”—trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/i-was-warmly-amused-at-the-way-each-one-tried-to-outdo-the-others-in/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“Octopuses and their relatives have what Woods Hole researcher Roger Hanlon calls electric skin. For its color palette, the octopus uses three layers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/octopuses-and-their-relatives-have-what-woods-hole-researcher-roger/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [Adult gorillas will fight to the death defending their families. This is why poachers who may be seeking only one infant for the zoo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/adult-gorillas-will-fight-to-the-death-defending-their-families-this/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“They don’t want to hear how Octavia is different from us. They want to know how we’re the same. They know what it’s like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/they-don-t-want-to-hear-how-octavia-is-different-from-us-they-want-to/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“Assessing the mind of a creature this alien demands that we be extraordinary flexible in our own thinking. Marine biologist James Wood suggests our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/assessing-the-mind-of-a-creature-this-alien-demands-that-we-be/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“The affection the aquarists felt for the octopus appeared to be mutual. For the hours that they swam together, though the massive octopus could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-affection-the-aquarists-felt-for-the-octopus-appeared-to-be/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“The self,” Blackmore writes, “is just a fleeting impression that arises with each experience and fades away again. . . . There is no inner self,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-self-blackmore-writes-is-just-a-fleeting-impression-that-arises/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“Volumes of history written in the ancient alphabet of G and C, A and T.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/volumes-of-history-written-in-the-ancient-alphabet-of-g-and-c-a-and-t/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“The study of a language . . . allows its students to hear a people's 'interpretation (or misinterpretation) of messages from environment to human.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-study-of-a-language-allows-its-students-to-hear-a-people-s/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [Human relationships with predators have always been thorny. Predators are the first creatures our kind purposely eradicates. Too often, people feel humans are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/human-relationships-with-predators-have-always-been-thorny-predators/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“Laos is saddled with the distinction of one superlative: it is the most heavily bombed country on earth. During the nine-year secret war against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/laos-is-saddled-with-the-distinction-of-one-superlative-it-is-the/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“Cambodia is the most heavily mined country on earth, with 4 to 8 million land mines, according to one estimate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/cambodia-is-the-most-heavily-mined-country-on-earth-with-4-to-8/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) > [“the relationship that Jane Goodall has with the chimpanzees of Gombe—and that Dian Fossey had with the mountain gorillas she studied, and Biruté Galdikas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-relationship-that-jane-goodall-has-with-the-chimpanzees-of-gombe/) [Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christmas-morning/sy-montgomery/#itemlist", "name": "1 Christmas morning Quotes By Sy Montgomery", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even in the wake of tragedy, we could not have felt more amazed had we been visited by an angel that Christmas morning. 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