It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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See, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train, Vapors, and clouds, and storms.
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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.
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I looked out my apartment window, and I saw a bird wearingsneakers and a button saying, I ain't flying no where. Isaid, What's your problem buddy? He said, I'm sick of thisstuff winter here, summer there, winter here, summer there.I don't know who thought this stuff up, but it certainly wasn'ta bird. I said, Well, I was just making breakfast, come onin. Want some eggs? Sorry.
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Winter is nature's way of saying, Up yours.
nature winter
An old man love is winter with flowers.
man flowers winter love
Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.
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For his bounty, There was no winter in 't; an autumn 't was, That grew the more by reaping.
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People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
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What is life It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
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In winter, when the dismal rain Came down in slanting lines.
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There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes
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The earth doth like a snake renew Her winter weeds outworn.
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No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May.
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Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
lies winter country
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
bliss winter sons brother brothers
When you come to the end of everything you know And are faced with the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen. Either there will be something solid for you to stand on, Or you will be taught how to fly.
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All day the darkness and the cold Upon my heart have lain, Like shadows on the winter sky, Like frost upon the pane.
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Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame, A grave to rest in, and a fading name.
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Thick around Thunders the sport of those, who with the gun And dog, impatient bounding at the shot, Worse than the season desolate the fields.
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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed there is no winter and no night all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish, all duties even.
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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
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In rigorous hours, when down the iron lane The redbreast looks in vain For hips and haws, Lo, shining flowers upon my window pane The silver pencil of the winter draws.
vain flowers winter window
Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility: Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly.
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Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice flowers on the window panes, which vanish with the warmth.
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