“Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.”

“Daddy-by Nancy B. BrewerWhen I used to say, speak up you are as good as they, You would just smile and say, let them have their way. When in my foolish youth, I so often disobeyed,He would just smile and say, let her have her way. When summer passed and winter overcame. He was not afraid, never once did he say. When in the moonlight his final hour came, He just smiled and said Lord I'll go your way.”

“The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.”

“Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!”

“The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.”

“I heard you've been having some problems with your girlfriend." Headmistress Northcutt says. "No," I say. "Not at all." Audrey broke up with me after the winter holiday, exhausted by my moodiness. It's impossible to have problems with a girlfriend who's no longer mine.”