Logo
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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Winter
category

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Winter

Nature looks dead in winter because her life is gathered into her heart. She withers the plant down to the root that she may grow it up again fairer and stronger. She calls her family together within her inmost home to prepare them for being scattered abroad upon the face of the earth. – Hugh Macmillan, “Rejuvenescence,” The Ministry of Nature, 1871

Category:
Winter

The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of Nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and austere, is not lost either upon the head or the heart. It is the philosopher coming back from the banquet and the wine to a cup of water and a crust of bread. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866

Category:
Winter

Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins. – Gustave Flaubert

Category:
Winter

Random Quotes

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report. – Charles Foster Bass

Category:
Intelligence

Pop music will never be low brow. – Lady Gaga

Category:
Music

And as long as youre subject to birth and death, youll never attain enlightenment. – Bodhidharma

Category:
Death

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one. – Mary Ellen Mark

Category:
Travel