“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
Carl Reiner (1922) American actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
“This is the Hour of Lead –
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow –
First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go”
Source: Selected Poems
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Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow –
First – Chill – then Stup…" by Emily Dickinson?
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