Rare Winter Visitor

Famous quotes containing the words rare, winter and/or visitor:

    “The capacity to give one’s attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “One aged man—one man—can’t keep a house,
    A farm, a countryside, or if he can,
    It’s thus he does it of a winter night.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Beauty is ever to the lonely mind
    A shadow fleeting; she is never plain.
    She is a visitor who leaves behind
    The gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.”
    —Robert Nathan (1894–1985)