And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.

Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.

—William Cowper

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

—William Cowper

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

—William Cowper

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

—William Bradford

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

—Willa Cather

When there's snow on the ground, I like to pretend I'm walking on clouds.

—Victor Hugo

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it's magical.

—Pamela Ribon

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.

—John Burroughs