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When white blankets our world and red plummets to the bottom of the thermometer, blues chill our soul.
Simply put -- baby, it's cold outside.
The great philosopher and chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli once said, "Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken."
I prefer big bowls of chili paired with cornbread. That puts me in mind of the great philosopher George Harrison, who said, "Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right."
The great philosopher and science editor Sarah Knapton once said, "If the dark days of winter are a struggle where everything seems that little bit harder, it is not just your imagination. Scientists have discovered that the brain actually works differently throughout the year… In fact, brain activity related to attention and concentration peaks during the summer solstice and slumps to a low on the shortest day of the year."
Simply put -- winter blues are real. And baby, it's still cold outside.
While I brood inside my flannels and an afghan or two, wishing the sun would stay awake past 6 p.m., I look to other great philosophers for the wisdom of winter. Here's what they say:
"Winter is not a season, it's an occupation." -- Sinclair Lewis
"I can't get out of bed on days when the temperature is less than my age." -- anonymous
"The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving." -- Cambria Heber.
"Nothing burns like the cold." -- George R. R. Martin
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." -- Carl Reiner
"Every mile is two in winter." -- anonymous
"To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring. " -- W.J. Vogel
"I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime." -- Will Rogers
"The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter." -- Dave Barry
"There are only two seasons -- winter and Baseball." -- Bill Veeck
"There's no such thing as bad weather -- only the wrong clothes." -- Billy Connolly
"There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." -- Bill Bowerman
"If you need me, I'll be inside until April." -- anonymous (or possibly me)
"I think the perfect gift to give anyone in the winter is a heated toilet seat." -- anonymous (or possibly me)
"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter." -- Patricia Briggs
"Apologizing in advance for the things I say this winter." -- anonymous
"If there are ice cream trucks in the summer then why aren't there Starbucks trucks in the winter?" -- anonymous
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. … Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty." -- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
"Before anyone starts in on how we have not had a winter, let me just say, 'No one asked you.'" -- Jerrie Whiteley
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...somewhere else!" -- anonymous
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