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:

    “Whenas the Chill Sirocco blowes,
    And Winter tells a heavy tale;
    When Pyes and Dawes and Rookes and Crows,
    Sit cursing of the frosts and snowes;
    Then give me Ale.”
    —Thomas Bonham (d. 1629?)

    “The winter does what it can for its children.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)