“If you have someone who loves you, a roof over your head, food in the cupboard, a friend you can talk to, if you have any of these then you’re a lucky person.” Nishan Panwar

“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” Salman Rushdie

“Some people are like blue jeans—the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.” Jonathan Carroll

“I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.” Steven Wright

“Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to write and think and express love.” Soraya Diase Coffelt

“What’s the point of having a book club if you don’t get to eat brownies and drink wine?” Jami Attenberg

“You don’t have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!” Ina Garten

“Some leave footprints on the sands of time—others leave beer cans.” Arnold H. Glasow

“A bagel is a doughnut with the sin removed.” George Rosenbaum

“A symbol of hope and goodwill, the poinsettia is a wonderful plant to have in your home during the holidays.” Eden Alexander

“Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.” Bill Vaughan

“Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.” Tom Allen

  “That’s not an ugly Christmas sweater. It’s a craft project gone totally wrong.” Jonathan Winter

“Posterity---you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.” John Quincy Adan

“When I was a child, I named my rabbit Pancake and my guinea pig Maple syrup.” Sophie Dahl

“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.” Josh Billings

“Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn’t have to work too hard to get it.” Robert Liparulo

“Amazing the things you find when you bother to search for them.” Sacagawea

“The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.” Stephen Sondheim

“Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen.” Sandra Lee

“Our forests offer more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.” Raveena Tandon

“Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody.” Phyllis McGinley

“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” Richelle E. Goodrich

“Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.” Dylan Lauren

“The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.” Johnny Carson

“Books are like chocolate. Can’t eat just one.” Luis Alberto Urrea

“Ignore the scale and make the process your goal.” Harley Pasterna

“You know, it’s hard to beat bacon at any time of day.” Nick Offerman

“The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” Edith Lovejoy Pierce, Poet