“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.” – Margaret Atwood

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland

“The pine stays green in winter…wisdom in hardship.” – Norman Douglas

“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.” – Elizabeth Bowen

“It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats.” – Dylan Thomas