There is something magical about the winter season that stirs our souls and brings back cherished memories. As the snow falls gently outside our windows, we reflect on life’s simple pleasures and the wisdom we have gathered over the years.
Winter has a way of inspiring beautiful thoughts and words.
Thus, we have gathered some of the best quotes that remind us of the quiet beauty of snowy landscapes, the joy of holiday gatherings, and the cozy comfort of being indoors on a cold day.
Whether you are looking for words to warm your heart or phrases to share with loved ones, you will find something special here.
1. “Snowflakes are kisses from heaven.” — Unknown
2. “In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.” — Henry Rollins
3. “Livin’ in winter, I am your summer.” — Taylor Swift, “Tis the Damn Season”
4. “At this season of the year, darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as any dream.” — E.B. White
5. “Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.” — Mehmet Murat ildan
6. “It’s the kind of cold that fogs up window glass, but I felt it when I passed you.” — Taylor Swift, “ME!”
7. “The cold never bothered me anyway.” — Idina Menzel
8. “There is an instinctive withdrawal for the sake of preservation, a closure that assumes the order of completion.” — Haruki Murakami
9. “The problem with winter sports is that–follow me closely here–they generally take place in winter.” — Dave Barry
10. “The beauty of winter is in its stillness.” — Unknown
11. “Winter’s firstborn snow dots the soul with magic.” — Angie Weiland-Crosby
12. “What miracle of weird transforming is this wild work of frost and light, this glimpse of glory infinite?” — John Greenleaf Whittier
13. “My winter nights are taken up by static.” — Taylor Swift, “Christmas Tree Farm”
14. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
15. “Winter is a time to slow. To grab hold of that wheel that spins your days too quickly and give it a firm tug.” — Kelsi Turner
16. “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” — Aristotle
17. “How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!” — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
18. “Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry.” — Vera Nazarian
19. “Nothing burns like the cold.” — George R.R. Martin
20. “It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it’s really a time of renewal and reflection.” — Elizabeth Camden
21. “Winter’s notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy.” — William A. Quayle
22. “Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.” — Anamika Mishra
23. “The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.” — Dean Koontz
24. “Winter’s silence is a gentle reminder to pause and appreciate the moment.” — Unknown
25. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” — Edith Sitwell
26. “She stuck her head out and took a deep breath. If she could eat the cold air, she would.” — Sarah Addison Allen
27. “Winter came in days that were gray and still.” — Mildred D. Taylor
28. “I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening.” — Mark Twain
29. “Everything I want is miles away in a snow-covered little town.” — Taylor Swift, “Christmases When You Were Mine”
30. “Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.” — Yoko Ono
31. “By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again.” — Neil Gaiman
32. “Although it was only six o’clock, the night was already dark.” — Théophile Gautier
33. “He found a place where he was not only content but, despite suffering mightily in winter, was filled with a sense of joy and fulfillment.” — Simon Worrall
34. “What’s the point of complaining? We live in the north. Winter exists.” — Viki Mather
35. “See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year.” — James Thomson
36. “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
37. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold.” — Charles Dickens
38. “I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future.” — Andrew Wyeth
39. “One can follow the sun, of course, but I have always thought that it is best to know some winter, too.” — Beatriz Williams
40. “Winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak.” — Angie Weiland-Crosby
41. “The autumn twilight turned into deep and early night as they walked.” — Neil Gaiman
42. “Imagine if fire extinguishers were full of snow. Imagine the fun we could have.” — Neil Hilborn
43. “The biggest problem with Winter is that it’s always yanking our chain.” — Jerry Nelson
44. “You think of outside your room, of the streets of the town, the lonely little squares over by the station.” — Marguerite Duras
45. “Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.” — Victor Hugo
46. “I love the scents of winter! For me, it’s all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread, and spruce.” — Taylor Swift
47. “Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine.” — Mark Helprin
48. “Winter is nature’s sleep.” — H.S. Jacobs
49. “Some just see snow. Some just see cold. I see beauty.” — Unknown
50. “A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” — Patricia Briggs
51. “Summer bodies are made in the winter.” — Krissy Turner
52. “It’s that time of year when getting out of your warm bed is not for the weak.” — Christine Carter
53. “To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.” — Marty Rubin
54. “Winter collapsed on us that year. It knelt, exhausted, and stayed.” — Emily Fridlund
55. “I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.” — Noam Chomsky
56. “Winter is a glorious spectacle of glittering fractals.” — Anders Swanson
57. “If winter helps you curl up and more, that makes it one of the best of the seasons.” — Murray Pura
58. “I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.” — Bob Seger
59. “Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” — Terri Guillemets
60. “Grace grows best in winter.” — Samuel Rutherford
61. “Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” — Pietro Aretino
62. “Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
63. “Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.” — Sarah Addison Allen
64. “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow.” — T.S. Eliot
65. “To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.” — Marty Rubin
66. “There’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special.” — Carol Rifka Brunt
67. “Snow brings a special quality with it—the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks.” — Nancy Hatch Woodward
68. “He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.” — John Burroughs
69. “Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder—no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” — Candace Bushnell
70. “Every winter has its spring.” — H. Tuttle
71. “October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron.” — J.K. Rowling
72. “Sometimes I would like to be a child again, and other times a woman made of snow.” — Deirdre Sullivan
73. “Wisdom comes with winters.” — Oscar Wilde
74. “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?” — Lewis Carroll
75. “What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter’s day?” — Henry David Thoreau
76. “In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” — Ben Aaronovitch
77. “Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.” — Ruth Stout
78. “Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch
79. “Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” — Mary Oliver
80. “I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer’s death as winter tightens its grip.” — Henry Rollins
81. “Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.” — Andy Goldsworthy
82. “The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event.” —J.B. Priestly
83.”The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
84. “I’ll never outgrow the excitement of looking out my window and seeing falling snow.” — Unknown
85. “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.” — Robert Frost
86. “I pray this winter be gentle and kind — a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.” — John Geddes
87. “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” — Victor Hugo
Now, have you found a winter quote that tickles your fancy?
Whatever that quote is, each of these winter quotes reminds us that there is warmth to be found even in the coldest months – in our memories, relationships, and hearts.
Stay cozy, stay warm, and remember – spring is always just around the corner, but there is still plenty of wonder you will find in winter’s embrace.
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