“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley VerifiedOde to the West Wind (1819) · evidenceWinter Copy Share Share card
“Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.” — Willa Cather VerifiedMy Antonia (1918), Book II, Ch. 7 · evidenceWinter Copy Share Share card
“January, month of empty pockets! Let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Winter Copy Share Share card
“Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.” — Agustin Gomez-Arcos Winter Copy Share Share card
“Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a rude and boisterous tyrant; but with the gentleness of a lover he adorns the tresses of Summer.” — Henry David Thoreau Winter Copy Share Share card