Late Winter Flowers
The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.
Gertrude S. Wister, Hardy Garden Bulbs, 1964
Fragile Delicacy
Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a rude and boisterous tyrant; but with the gentleness of a lover he adorns the tresses of Summer.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden, 1854.