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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather,

The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. – Joseph Conrad

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This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad

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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. – Joseph Conrad

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Any proverbs about weather are doubly true during a storm. – Terri Guillemets, “The truth of weather,” 2006

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Snowmen fall from heaven… unassembled. – Author unknown

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The snow is sparkling like a million little suns. – Lama Willa Miller

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