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The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in

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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In winter-time visions of Spring and Summer are conjured at will by poets… – Helen Rose Anne Milman Crofton, My Kalendar of Country Delights, “Prelude,” 1903

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I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime. – Will Rogers

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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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In seed-time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. – William Blake

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