Hernan Sanchez

12 Pretty Quotes About Snow

Let it snow!
Sade Andria Zabala
December 19, 2016
“Outside, snow had fallen thigh-deep in the night. Something was deeply soothing about so much untouched white.”
— Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies: A Novel
Tagged: Snow, Snow Pleasure, Winter, Descriptions of Winter
“I gaze out the window at thousands of snowflakes fluttering to the ground.”
— Calia Read, Unhinge: A Novel
Tagged: First Line of Books, Snow, Snowflakes, Winter
“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, Snowy Night
Tagged: Snow
“…the first snows of winter floated down on his eyelashes and covered the branches around him and silenced all trace of the world.”
— Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red
Tagged: Snow
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
— Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Tagged: Snow
“Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”
— Rumi, The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
Tagged: Snow, Wisdom, Self Healing, Self Improvement, Philosophy, Wise Words
“[In Celan’s poetry] the offer of snow seems like an offer of relief – ‘the stillness is welcome,’ Gadamer says. In the end, the poem is [always] about the readiness for death.”
— Gerald L. Bruns, On the Anarchy of Poetry and Philosophy: A Guide for the Unruly(Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)
Tagged: Snow
“I wonder if rain is scared
of falling
if it has trouble
letting go

if snow flakes get sick
of being perfect all the time
each one
trying to be one-of-a-kind.”
— Naima Penniman, Climbing Poetree
Tagged: Poetry, Nature, Snow, Rain
“And the night smells like snow.
Walking home for a moment
you almost believe you could start again.
And an intense love rushes to your heart,
and hope. It’s unendurable, unendurable.”
— Franz Wright, Night Walk
Tagged: Snow, New Year's Eve, New Me, Beginnings, Hope
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
— Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Tagged: Snow, Friendship, How To Make Friends
“The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different … The very stealth, the eerie quietness, of the thing makes it more magical.”
— J.B. Priestley, Essays of Five Decades
Tagged: Snow
“The first snow is like the first love. Do you remember your first snow?”
— Lara Biyuts, via Amazon
Tagged: Snow