But Fielding lived when the days were longer (for time, like money

But Fielding lived when the days were longer (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings. – George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. – Author Unknown

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One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff. – Shirley Ann Grau

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How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year! – Thomas Wentworth Higginson, “April Days,” 1861

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Winter is a time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. – Stanley Crawford, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm, 1992

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I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally dont expect it. – Jean Paul Gaultier

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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybodys face when youre finished and packing, its the best smile in the world and theres nobody hurt, and the wells under control. – Red Adair

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You cant be afraid to put out a fire if youre a fireman. You cant be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if youre afraid to get up and go out there. So youve got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that. – Duane Chapman

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Theres nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck

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