Lidia Cantrell

“believe,” he said, “the mistake is ours, Verity. We act as if Christmas is for one day of the year only, as if peace and hope and happiness can exist only then. It was not meant to be that way. Was all that business at Bethlehem intended to bring joy to the world for just one day of the year? What little trust we have in our religion. How little we demand of it and give to it. Why can it not be Christmas now, today, for you and me?”
― Mary Balogh, The Heart of Christmas: A Handful of Gold / The Season for Suitors / This Wicked Gift