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It is said that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense t

It is said that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer. – Author Unknown

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Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless. – Terri Guillemets

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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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[W]inter tames man, woman and beast…. – William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio)

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The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to Literature, summer the tissues and blood. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866

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