“There is something about winter, when frigid air vacuums bits of breath from the lungs, wind gusts pummel against the body to leave behind wind-burned cheeks, chapped noses and icy eyelashes, alongside trees creaks and groans and leaves rattle, that unearths childhood awe and excitement buried within adult hearts.” – Lisa Mackinder.

“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder – that 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.

“Snow brings a special quality with it – the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks.” – Nancy Hatch Woodward.