"Do not look for her for she never arrives until we've given up hope. Once you've sunk into despair over yet another snowfall in April or a hard freeze after planting your beans, she will suddenly appear in a glorious display . . . " Hessie Mayhew, a character in A Light in the Window, a book in The Mitford Series by Jan Karon, writing about "Lady Spring's current whereabouts" in the town newspaper.
"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - (28 August 1749 - 22 Marcy 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and color.
"Spring is slowly climbing the mountain to Mitford, wearing a frock of morning mist, and carrying an armful of forsythia. She is shod with ivy and dandelion, and her hair is entwined with sprigs of wolf bane. Unfortunately, she is easily distracted and often interrupts her journey to tarry upon a bed of moss, where she sleeps for days on end." The Muse, a newspaper in At Home in Mitford, a book in the Mitford Series by Jan Karon
"Spring. It medicates the bones and revives the spirit." Father Tim, the main character in At Home in Mitford, a book in the Mitford Series by Jan Karon
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