Thanksgiving signals the onset of winter.

Quotations about winter.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672), 'Meditations Divine and Moral,' 1655

Every mile is two in winter.
George Herbert (1593 - 1633), Jacula Prudentum

One kind word can warm three winter months.
Japanese proverb

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)