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“And how did little Tim behave?” asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart’s content.

“As good as gold,” said Bob, “and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“Mõnutekst: tekst, mis rahuldab, täidab, tekitab eufooriat; mis tuleb kultuurist, mis ei keeldu sellest, on seotud mugava lugemispraktikaga.
Naudingutekst: tekst, mis paneb puudust tundma, mis häirib (võibolla isegi teatava igavustundeni), kõigutab lugeja ajaloolisi, kultuurilisi, psühholoogilisi tugesid, kõigutab tema maitse, hinnangute, mälestuste püsivust, tekitab kriisi lugeja ning tema keelepruugi vahel.”
― Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text

“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!”
― Dave Barry

“So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thoughts it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?”
― Richard Dawkins