Arctic East Summer

Famous quotes containing the words arctic, east and/or summer:

    “Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The East is marvellously interesting for tracing our steps back. But for going forward, it is nothing. All it can hope for is to be fertilised by Europe, so that it can start on a new phase.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Behind the glass, under the cellophane,
    Remains your final summer sweet
    And meaningless, and not to come again.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)