(At the request of severusnaperocks)
He is an American author, best known for writing The Christmas Box.

"The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices." 

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"Chocolate is God's apology for broccoli." 

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"Books are the most tolerant of friends." 

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"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood" 

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"I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are." 

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"Sometimes it's not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells." 

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"Love is never convenient-and rarely painless." 

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"We are chained to that which we do not forgive."

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"It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number." 

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"Feelings can be like wild animals - we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage"