One kind word can warm three winter months ≘ Japanese Proverb
“…I just try to live every day as if I’ve deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it, as if it was the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life.” -Tim, About Time
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
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
John Burroughs
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”
Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees.
Mary Oliver
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it; the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.
Andrew Wyeth
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
John Burroughs
They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter.
Italian Proverb
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
Walter Hagan