Winter

Winter

Winter (/ˈwɪntər/ WIN-tər) is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.

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Famous quotes containing the word winter:

    “He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruits of riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “O Westmoreland, thou art a summer bird,
    Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
    The lifting up of day.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “So Spring comes merry towards me here, but earns
    No answering smile from me, whose life is twin’d
    With the dead boughs that winter still must bind,”
    —Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)