Some friends of mine are living in the far north and sharing heart breaking stories of dealing with the meteorological challenges forthwith. For them I offer these profound quotes to take away their winter depression. Hope it helps.

It's snowing still. And freezing. However, we haven't had an earthquake lately. - Winnie-the-Pooh

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. - John Ruskin

This dirty puddle used to be pure snow. I walk by it with respect. - Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it—the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show. - Andrew Wyeth

When winter first begins to bite
and stones crack in the frosty night,
when pools are black and trees are bare,
'tis evil in the Wild to fare. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. - Victor Hugo

"I LOVE THIS STUFF!" Britain Douglas Vanderbush (skiing in Colorado - Winter 01)