Arctic East Summer

Famous quotes containing the words arctic, east and/or summer:

    Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    I’m glad we’ve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.
    Elizabeth, Queen Mother (b. 1900)

    I dwell in a lonely house I know
    That vanished many a summer ago....
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)