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“Every winter has its spring.”

Lewis Carroll

“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.’”

Attributed to John Boswell

“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.”

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John Burroughs

"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."

Japanese Proverb

"One kind word can warm three winter months."

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

"Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken."

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Hal Borland

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

Andrew Wyeth

"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."

Taylor Swift

"I love the scents of winter! For me, it's all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce."

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John Geddes

"I pray this winter be gentle and kind—a season of rest from the wheel of the mind."

Tim Allen

"Winter forms our character and brings out our best."

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"

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Anne Bradstreet

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."

Anton Chekhov

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."

Edith Sitwell

"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 time for home."

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Albert Camus

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

Italian Proverb

"They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter."

George R.R. Martin

"Nothing burns like the cold."

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

Elizabeth Bowen

"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day."

Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama. 

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