Snow Quotes

We all need the forgiving stillness that snow brings; the wonder, the rounding of the sharp edges, the time to think.

When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels.

The more it snows (Tiddely pom), The more it goes (Tiddely pom), The more it goes (Tiddely pom), On snowing. And nobody knows (Tiddely pom), How cold my toes (Tiddely pom), How cold my toes (Tiddely pom), Are growing.

Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.

If I were a bear And a big bear too, I shouldn’t much care If it froze or snew; I shouldn’t much mind If it snowed or friz – I’d be all fur-lined With a coat like his.

As pure as snow.

The first snow always startles you. It makes everything look better. In the suburbs it gives a layer of cottony brightness to trees and fences and lawns; it covers the tricycle left in the driveway, turning its little aluminum frame into an abstract sculpture that says: “See how quickly yesterday turns into today”. In farm […]

As white as snow.

One New Year’s Eve I was at a party in a farmhouse on a hill above a small Vermont village. By midnight the snow had stopped and the moon had come out. It was one degree below zero. Almost everyone at the party had gone outside to look at the new snow. All around was […]

There may be snow on the roof, but there’s fire in the belly.