#winter

Then I made a stupid mistake and looked up at him. His eyes met mine, and for a moment, his face was open and vulnerable in the moonlight. I caught a hint of wonder there as we stared at each other. Slowly, he leaned forward. I caught my breath, a tiny gasp escaping. He stiffened, and his expression shuttered closed, eyes going hard and frosty. [...] 'This is getting old,' he said in a voice that matched his eyes. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#vulnerability #winter-prince #mistakes

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#fast #flexible #gloves #i #normally

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#always #around #does #during #every

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#happy #notice #people #summer #whether

I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world. ↗

— Julia Gardiner Tyler

#am #commenced #entertaining #i #intend

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#evenings #first #know #long #money

Fall colors are funny. They’re so bright and intense and beautiful. It’s like nature is trying to fill you up with color, to saturate you so you can stockpile it before winter turns everything muted and dreary. ↗

— Siobhan Vivian

#color #fall #nature #winter #beauty

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#only #seasons #two #winter

Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer. ↗

— Janine Turner

#during #i #into #new #photographer

You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter. ↗

— Gilbert White

#depend #does #leave #may #winter