“ Christmas was gluing cotton balls to Santa’s beard in Coke ads, sneaking candy canes off the tree daily (that my parents replaced every few nights), enough gift-wrap to wallpaper a room, the terror an… Thomm Quackenbush
“ I get that Christmas is generally schmaltzy. I understand that it is used as a cynical cash grab. I know how far it is from what Jesus would have wanted. Nevertheless, I like that people put forth som… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Like the discovery of most things - love and religion especially - she maintained the child's arrogant wonder than no one had understood it before her and, even if they had, they could not embrace it… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Even in concept, angels are unsettling. They’re like drones, totally mindlessly following the will of God. The only difference between the Heavenly angels and demons is that the demons opted to follow… Thomm Quackenbush
“ The safest thing to do when in danger is to be too stupid to know you are in danger. Thomm Quackenbush
“ My Christmas was a sum total of the ministrations of adults, usually adults who wanted me to encourage my parents to buy something for me to consume and discard. Thomm Quackenbush
“ One’s first love is the most transformative and least replicable experience. I could love someone else, but it would be its own unfathomable emotion. It would not be this precious, first, spring love.… Thomm Quackenbush
“ If you are old enough to feel angst about how a holiday “feels,” you are very likely no longer in the target demographic. Thomm Quackenbush
“ There was a charm in being reborn into the world when one was old enough to appreciate it. Thomm Quackenbush
“ A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful i… Thomm Quackenbush
“ She was not a vegetarian and knew firsthand animals had to die for her delectation, but she never liked to think about it. Thomm Quackenbush
“ She is so free with herself and so certain of her path, something I now cynically believe only comes from not being aware of the infinite multitude of right paths. Thomm Quackenbush
“ The witch who claims to forbear her magick for fear of causing the next Indian tsunami is really saying that she is powerful enough to kill thousands of innocent strangers when all she meant to do was… Thomm Quackenbush
“ [Epilepsy] gave her an adversity to fight against. It had shaped her personality, the need to be careful and secretive, and the ability to see things a bit differently from the neurotypical. She grant… Thomm Quackenbush
“ The problem is not that Santa stops existing but that we do. The children we are no longer exist, a fact we do not help through immersing ourselves in the repeating cycle of wake, work, dinner, intern… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Being kidnapped and abused by the undead was worse than calculus, but not by a wide margin. Thomm Quackenbush
