{"id":2498,"date":"2018-12-21T20:09:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/10-literary-quotes-to-uplift-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:11:56","slug":"10-literary-quotes-to-uplift-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/10-literary-quotes-to-uplift-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Literary Quotes to Uplift This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Words: Danielle Williams<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

This time of year celebrates all things cozy. <\/strong><\/p>\n

During the wintry months, I\u2019m often found with a good book in hand, watching a thought-provoking movie, or cuddled up with my loved ones. Reading is my lifelong love and treasured hobby. This year, I\u2019ve accomplished the goal of finishing 52 books in under 52 weeks, and there\u2019s nothing like the holiday season and start to a new year that has me thinking back on some of my all-time favorites. To help us get in the spirit of the season and bring warmth and light to the upcoming dark winter days<\/a>, I\u2019ve compiled 10 literary quotes from a few beloved writers. With a farewell to all this year has been and cheers to the upcoming adventures, I wish you all a jolly season.<\/p>\n

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10 Literary Quotes to Uplift This Winter<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u201cAll that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.\u201d \u2014 J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. \u201cWinter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand, and for a talk beside the fire: It is the time for home.\u201d \u2014 Edith Sitwell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. \u201cI 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, \u201cGo to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.\u201d \u2014 Lewis Carroll<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. \u201cWhat good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?\u201d \u2014 John Steinbeck<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. \u201cHappiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.\u201d \u2014 J.K. Rowling<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. \u201cLaughter is sunshine, it chases winer from the human face.\u201d \u2014 Victor Hugo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. \u201cLaura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.\u201d \u2014 Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. \u201cMy old grandmother always used to say, summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.\u201d \u2014 George R.R. Martin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. \u201cIt is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.\u201d \u2014 Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    1. \u201cLove is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.\u201d \u2014 Louisa May Alcott<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      The photograph we’ve paired with this post originally appeared in Dans Le Sac’s article, “Slow November: the Cocooning Month” inside the Autumn 2018 edition<\/a> of Willow and Sage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

                      Danielle Williams is the assistant senior managing editor for Stampington & Company. She lives in Costa Mesa, California, with her husband, Casey, and opinionated cat, Holly Golightly.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      This time of year celebrates all things cozy. During the wintry months, I\u2019m often found with a good book in hand, watching a thought-provoking movie, or cuddled up with my loved ones. Reading is my lifelong love and treasured hobby. This year, I\u2019ve accomplished the goal of finishing 52 books in under 52 weeks, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-quotes","category-seasons"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}