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:

    “Out alone in the winter rain,
    Intent on giving and taking pain.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “all ignorance toboggans into know
    and trudges up to ignorance again:
    but winter’s not forever, even snow
    melts; and if spring should spoil the game, what then?

    all history’s a winter sport or three:”
    —E.E. (Edward Estlin)

    “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)