Birthday Quote by Ian Astbury

“Thus, the winter solstice was an important factor in human culture, particularly that of the cold, northern latitudes, at least 12,000 years ago. The…

— D.M. Murdock

“Our bonfire burns brightly, alighting our hot harvest. Scarce seeds of winter's heat, as its first dawn inflames. Sprouting into a plant that roots…

— Susan L. Marshall

The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time…

— Gary Zukav

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian…

— Joseph Campbell

The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun.…

— David Icke

The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians.

— George Monbiot

Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero's welcome, his father right behind him, despite the fact that Hades was only supposed to…

— Rick Riordan

Every time I'd read about the stone circles, it would describe how they worked as an astronomical observance. For example, some of the circles…

— Diana Gabaldon

“To Juan at the Winter Solstice There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard…

— Robert Graves

“Winter Solstice is a gentle teaching. As it shows us that after the longest night, the light always returns, within the earth and within…

— Anonymous

As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had…

— Mark Helprin

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

— Albert Camus