#hum

A Dutch parent has a decidedly hairier story to relate, telling his children, 'Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you into a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared. ↗

— David Sedaris

#humor #santa-claus #family

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live. ↗

— Ethel Percy Andrus

#essential #giving #human #ingredient #live

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#best #best way #character #color #explain

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#body #everyday #experience #human #human body

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. ↗

— James Thurber

#humour #james-thurber #religion #religion

When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#continued #fantasy #found #humorous #i

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#being #citizen #destiny #half #hands

...I like the way Chee kept God magical, sorta like Santa Claus when you're a kid. More priests should take this approach, because there is a frickin' reason why Santa Claus is more popular than Jesus nowadays. ↗

— Matthew Quick

#religion #religion

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy. ↗

— Nicole Appleton

#humor #i #intelligence #sense #sense of humor

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#even #humor #important #short #short stories