Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery and Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were old beat-up things but they had the charm of usefulness and sadness of his giving. Jack Kerouac
Some Similar Quotes
  1. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. - Amy Carmichael

  2. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. - Robert Louis Stevenson

  3. I know what I have given you... I do not know what you have received. - Antonio Porchia

  4. Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does. - Roy T. Bennett

  5. Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. - Marcus Aurelius

More Quotes By Jack Kerouac
  1. Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To...

  2. And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.

  3. A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

  4. I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn't know who I was - I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap...

  5. Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life

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