Quotes About Winter

The thrill of the chill

Kiki Wellington
I quote, therefore I am.

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Shorter days. Colder nights. The chill of winter continues and these quotes describe the cool months that linger on long after the holidays have gone.

1. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
-John Steinbeck

2. “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’”
-Lewis Carroll

3. “Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.”
-Anamika Mishra

4. “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
-William Blake

5. “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”
-Victor Hugo

6. “How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!”
-Thomas Wentworth Higginson

7. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: It is the time for home.”
-Edith Sitwell

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