We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity.
—Leonard Cohen
Life can be full of dark times, and things that knock us off our feet, but there are good times, too, and gifts along the way. It would be wrong to turn our backs on a gift just because we've been knocked down once or twice, or because some of the people we love aren't here anymore.
—Jessie Evans in Melt with You
The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them.
—Benjamin Hoff in The Tao of Pooh