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“Decade after decade, artists came to paint the light of Provincetown, and comparisons were made to the lagoons of Venice and the marshes of Holland, but then the summer ended and most of the painters left, and the long dingy undergarment of the gray New England winter, gray as the spirit of my mood, came down to visit.”

Source: Tough Guys Don't Dance: A Novel

“[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.”

Two Country Seasons England Winter

Author:Shelagh Delaney

“. . . the first spring in five free from the rumour of guns across the Channel, a spring anxious to make up for the cold winter, life bursting out after four years of death. All of England raised her face to the sun. . .”

Years Firsts Faces Sun Five Four Cold Spring Gun England Raised Winter Anxious Four Years Bursting Rumours Winter Cold Bursting Out

Book:The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen

Source: The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen

“I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.”

Cold Married England Winter Sarcasm Sarcastic

Author:Shelley Winters

“I went to America in the winter of 1872-73, authorised to secure, if I could, the passage of a bill demonetising silver. It was in the interest of those I represented - the governors of the Bank of England - to have it done. By 1873, gold coins were the only form of coin money.”

Ifs Done America Form Interest Money Gold England Bills Winter Secure If I Could Silver Passages Governors Coins Bankers Bankers And Banks Gold Coins

Author:Ernest Seyd

“To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp songs still resonate inside me. Competition exists at Keewaydin, of course, but nobody fails summer camp, a nice respite from winters of fortune and misfortune at school.”