(606 quotes found)
“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.”
Shirley Jackson
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
William Blake
“Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude”
William Shakespeare
“Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either”
German Proverb
“To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring.”
W. J. Vogel
“A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.”
“How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!”
“In the summer I have this friend who I am closest to, and sometimes, in the winter, I long to call her up and say, come here and live with me, in this cold place. But we are summer friends. There is a rule it seems, that summer friends don't get together in the wintertime. Now, sitting here, waiting for her, I realize that I have never seen her in a winter coat, and for some reason that makes me sadder than anything else in the world.”
Jacqueline Woodson
“Every mile is two in winter”
George Hurbert