(606 quotes found)
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.”
William Shakespeare
“Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York.”
“Some leaves hang late, some fallbefore the first frost--so goesthe tale of winter branches and old bones.”
William Carlos Williams
“Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.”
Willa Sibert Cather
“In winter, when the dismal rain comes down in slanting lines, and wind, that grand old harper, smote his thunder-harp of pines.”
Alexander Smith
“Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk”
Bill Nye
“The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.”
Charles Kuralt
“...the spring, the summer,The chilling autumn, angry winter, changeTheir wonted liveries; and the mazed worldBy their increase, now knows not which is which.”
“There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes”
Emily Dickinson
“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”
Yoko Ono
