#Gift

"For your birthday I got you some batteries. They’re dead, just like you’ll soon be."

"He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver."

"Never mind those failures till yesterday. Each new day is a sequel of a wonderful life; gifted with hopes to succeed."

"Your personal truth is your gift to the world."

"What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]"

"I bought you a gift. It’s something I’ve always wanted, but I’m not quite sure you’ll like it. So if you don’t want it just tell me and I’ll be happy to keep it. After all, I’m only interested in making you happy."

"I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift."

"I use two yards of wrapping paper per one inch of present. Luckily I gave you the gift of love, so I was able to wrap it in tinfoil. Uncover before reheating."

"I think relationships are work, but love is a gift."

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

"Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have."

"I count as blessings things I could have benefited from, even if I neglected to utilize them. A gift is still a gift, even if left wrapped and unopened."

"I'd rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society."

"Love is the best gift because it’s free to give and priceless to receive."

"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift."

"When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands."

"Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't."

"I’m passionate about being compassionate. It takes a lot to give of yourself, and that’s why it’s such a gift—for both the recipient and the giver."

"Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift."