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Quotes for a Cold Winter's Night

Wood-burning fireplace with burning log.Image via Wikipedia


And of course, it all starts with a hot cup of coffee... ;)

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I can envision a small cottage somewhere, with a lot of writing paper, and a dog, and a fireplace and maybe enough money to give myself some Irish coffee now and then and entertain my two friends.”
Lt Richard Van de Geer

“The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom.”
Washington Irving


"Go to bed in your fireplace, you'll sleep like a log." ”
Ellen DeGeneres


“If you go to a party, and you want to be the popular one at the party, do this: Wait until no one is looking, then kick a burning log out of the fireplace onto the carpet. Then jump on top of it with your body and yell, "Log o' fire! Log o' fire!" I've never done this, but I think it'd work.”
Jack Handy

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.”Marcus Tullius Cicero

I think that it is almost time to put a fresh log on the fire and curl up with a good book. It has been snowing for hours and it's a nice day to do nothing!!





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