Now Is the Winter...
These snow-covered images of campus surely would have inspired writers from Shakespeare to Camus, whose emotions about winter ranged from discontent to irrepressible longing for spring.
(All images by Joel Johnson, Michigan Photography.)
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The Kraus Greenhouse"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."
— William Shakespeare, Richard III -
Let's Be Friends"She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head;
And whispered to her neighbor,
'Winter is dead.'"
— A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young -
Waiting for the Sun“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”
— Yoko Ono -
University of Michigan Museum of Art“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” — Carl Reiner -
West Hall“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?”
— John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America " -
The Law School"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." — William Blake -
Angell Hall"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" — Percy Bysshe Shelley -
The Michigan Union"You can't get too much winter in the winter."
— Robert Frost -
Ye Gods and Little Fishes"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." — Victor Hugo -
The Engine Arch"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
— Albert Camus
