Country Quote by William Bradford

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the…

— Richard Paul Evans

“Every time they lost their tempers, storms would gather." "That could be a boon in dry weather.”

— Karen Hawkins

Winter is ruthless and sometimes sullen and murderous. The wild winter North has gulped ten thousand summers down nor left a froth of sunshine…

— William Alfred Quayle

They sicken of the calm who know the storm.

— Dorothy Parker

“Winter was traditionally a quiet time for armies, summer being the accepted and most civilized season to recommence killing the enemy.”

— Alexander Rose

“The winter seemed reluctant to let go its bite. It hung on cold and wet and windy long after its time. And people repeated,…

— John Steinbeck

I didn't know at the time I was writing Because of Winn-Dixie where the story came from, but in retrospect I can see that…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Up in the highlands blizzards howl like the widows of fishermen and the wind blisters the skin off your face. Winter comes like a…

— Hannah Kent

They tire of quiet, that have known the storm

— Dorothy Parker

I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence...

— Marcel Proust

The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making…

— Patricia Hampl

Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars to sparkle…

— Mark Helprin