Musings Quote by Carol Rifka Brunt

“Opening a present from a live person was scary enough. There was always the chance that the gift might be so wrong, so completely…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“I don't think you can very well give people as presents: they might not like it.”

— T.H. White

“The next time you face something that is unexpected, unwanted and uncertain…consider that it just might be a gift.”

— Stacey Kramer

“If you receive a gift without understanding the heart of the giver, you might have received something but it wasn’t a gift.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“My parents always said that knowledge was the best gift they could give me, probably because they were too cheap to buy me Christmas…

— Jarod Kintz

“The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

“What did you say to the people who had given you life, when you were about to intentionally throw that gift away?”

— Jodi Picoult

“He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.”

— Laura Kelly

“What I could relate to was the common fear that you are secretly so uniquely screwed-up that there is no way anyone would like…

— Tim Kreider

“You don’t realize the gift you have.”

— James Lee Burke

“Having people understand your gift is a gift within itself!”

— Gregg Burton

“We live in a world where strangers see your gifts and those who know you can't get past the box you originally arrived in.”

— Sanjo Jendayi