It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and…

“It was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain,…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when…

— Solomon Ortiz

As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as a bitter cold winter…

— Tara Brach

The dog writhing in the gutter, its back broken by a passing car, knows what it is to be alive. So too with the…

— George Greenstein

Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman…

— Dorothy Osborne

On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.

— Stendhal

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.

— Bill Hicks

“Actually, this is a poem my father once showed me, a long time ago. It has been bastardized many times, in many ways, but…

— James Patrick Kinney

The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather the conditions…

— Elaine L. Jack

“All his life, ever since he was really small, Milo had been very bothered by sudden changes of plan. More than bothered. Being surprised…

— Kate Milford

“Her gaze went with her, into a room with walls of frozen earth, and a floor the same, the latter split from corner to…

— Clive Barker

“And Iluvatar spoke to Ulmo, and said: 'Seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of Time Melkor hath made…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

If you do not feel the bitter cold inside you when you look at the poor trembling out of cold, it means you are…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

For this relief, much thanks

— William Shakespeare

“Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case…

— Ernest Shackleton