Solstice Quotes
27 quotes by 20 authors
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Now, near the Winter Solstice, it is good to light candles. All the nice meanings of bringing light to the world can be beautiful. But…
— Ralph Levy
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The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior…
— Joseph Campbell
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It is the thirtieth of May, the thirtieth of November, a beginning or an end, we are moving into the solstice and there is so…
— Adrienne Rich
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My life's long radiant Summer halts at last, And lo! beside my path way I behold Pursuing Autumn glide: nor frost nor cold Has heralded…
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Both the Winter and the Summer Solstices are expressions of love. They show us the opposition of light and dark, expansion and contraction, that characterize…
— Gary Zukav
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One way of celebrating the Solstice is to consider it a sacred time of reflection, release, restoration, and renewal.
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Each solstice is a domain of experience unto itself. At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of…
— Gary Zukav
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Oh, what a catastrophe for man when he cut himself off from the rhythm of the year, from his unison with the sun and the…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter]…
— John Silber
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The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.
— John Cheever
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In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.
— Frederick Lenz
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That's what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there's still some life and light left in the universe. It's…
— Lawrence Kushner
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The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient…
— David Icke
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The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of…
— Gary Zukav
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As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing.
— Mark Helprin
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Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action against Kronos's minions.…
— Rick Riordan
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She looked up, her face pink as a Christmas ham. “You ever try chasing down a car?†she gasped. “I’ll one-up you. I gave Scott…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all…
— Angela Carter
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Well … Zeus approves, Aeolus muttered. ―He says … he says it would be better if you could avoid saving her until after the weekend,…
— Rick Riordan
Who Wrote These Solstice Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 27 Solstice Quotes as follows: