“Is this a mild winter or a harsh winter?”
“If a man gives you a harsh winter, give him back something unexpected: The warm spring!”
“She is beautiful, isn’t she? (Lochlan)Like the first day of spring after a long, harsh winter. (Sin)”
“There is something beautiful about a sunny winter day,A break from harsh gray skies and harsh cold winds,A bright warm sun and clear blue skies instead.”
“Can the flowers refuse to grow, or the birds decline to sing again just because the winter was harsh?No--but I don't know how they do it, how they keep growing”
“For among these winters there is one so endlessly winter that only by wintering through it will your heart survive. - Rilke”