62 Snow Quotes And Sayings Glistening In The Cold

There's something about snow that just makes the world seem more beautiful, inspiring many snow quotes. Perhaps it's the way it changes the landscape, transforming familiar sights into a winter wonderland. Or it's the way it catches the light, creating a magical sparkle. For these reasons and more, snow is one of nature's most striking creations.

Of course, snow isn't just beautiful to look at. It also has some very practical uses. You might not know that snow can help to insulate homes and businesses, keeping them warm in winter. And, of course, it provides loads of recreational opportunities, from downhill skiing to bobsledding.

To further your exploration of the beauty and uniqueness of snowy landscapes and sometimes being a danger and inconvenience despite their sparkle, read on for our list of snow quotes that will encourage you to get outdoors or perhaps just curl up in front of the fire.

Related: You might also like our compilation of winter quotes and nature quotes for more opportunities to connect with nature through others' words.

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Best Snow Quotes

Snow appears white because it is a mixture of many different sizes and shapes of ice crystals. When the snow falls, the air is filled with tiny ice crystals. These ice crystals reflect sunlight equally in all directions, which makes them appear white. 

The size and shape of the ice crystals determine how much light they reflect and how long they stay in the air. Snowflakes are usually six-sided but can have anywhere from two to 200 sides. The more sides a snowflake has, the more light it reflects. Large flakes reflect more light than small flakes and tend to fall more slowly through the air, which makes them easier to see.

We’ve gathered some of the best snow quotes that reflect its importance throughout the winter season. Read on.

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"
- J. B. Priestley

"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder."
- Susan Orlean

"I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere."
- Kate Bush

"The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only."
- Joseph Wood Krutch

"Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Snow Quotes About Life And Living

Many plants and animals have particular adaptations that help them to survive in cold environments. 

For example, some plants have thick layers of leaves or fur that insulate them from the cold weather. Animals may migrate to warmer climates during the winter, or they may hibernate to conserve energy. 

Related: For more from the animal kingdom as the snow begins to fall, you might also like to explore where the bees go in winter and do squirrels hibernate. 

In addition, many creatures have a layer of fat beneath their skin that helps to keep them warm. Some animals also have special mechanisms for generating heat, such as shivering or burning stored food. Using these and other strategies, plants and animals can survive even in the harshest climates.

Here are some inspiring quotes about life and living from some of the most iconic figures:

"I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns."
- Ernest Shackleton

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."
- Lao Tzu

"One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day."
- Susan Orlean

"This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water."
- Charles Olson

"I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow."
- Hannah Kent

"I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it."
- Christina Applegate

"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."
- Andy Goldsworthy

"Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three."
- William Henry Ashley

"Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by."
- Alan Coren

"Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood."
- Andy Goldsworthy

"Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough."
- Earl Wilson

Quotes Appreciating The Beauty Of Snowy Landscapes

Have you ever wondered how snowflakes form? Snowflakes are tiny ice crystals forming when water vapor in the air freezes. The water vapor condenses onto dust particles in the atmosphere, and the ice crystals grow as more water vapor condenses. 

A snowflake's shape depends on the air's temperature and humidity when it forms. 

The most common snowflake type is called a dendrite, a tree-like structure with branches coming off a central core. 

Snowflakes can range in size from less than a millimeter to several centimeters across. And no two snowflakes are exactly alike! So next time you're out in a winter wonderland, take a closer look at the snowflakes falling around you. You'll be amazed by their beauty and uniqueness. Read on for more snow quotes to help you appreciate more the beauty and uniqueness of snowy weather.

"Surfing waves of water or clouds of powder snow is the best feeling on earth."
- Hannah Teter

"Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible."
- John Burnside

"The very fact of snow is such an amazement."
- Roger Ebert Chandler Cruttenden

"Snowflakes Are Pretty Patterns Etched In Water's Dreams."
- Anthony T. Hincks

Nature And The Snow Quotes

Most people think of ice as simply frozen water, but it can actually be quite beneficial to the environment. Ice helps to regulate global temperature by reflecting sunlight and trapping heat. This helps to maintain a stable climate, which is essential for plant and animal life. 

In addition, ice helps to store water that can be used during dry periods, helping to support plant life and prevent droughts. Finally, ice is an integral part of the water cycle. It helps to purify water by filtering out sediments and impurities.

As a result, ice plays a vital role in maintaining the health of our planet. These snow quotes prove that nature has a way of connecting us with the source of all life:

"For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away."
- Sylvia Earle

"The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow."
- Edmund Hillary

"When snow falls, nature listens."
- Antoinette van. Kleeff

Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.

~ Sara Raasch

How coldly burns our sun! One would say its rays of light are shards of snow, one imagines the sun lives upon a snow crested peak on this day. One would say she is a woman who wears a gown of winter frost that blinds the eyes. Helplessness has weakened me. Wandering has wearied my legs.

~ Roman Payne

Snow Quotes Related To Arts And Literature

Many people think snow is simply a cold, white blanket that covers the ground. However, snow has also inspired some of the world's most beautiful works of art and literature. 

In China, for example, artists have been painting pictures of snow-capped mountains for centuries. And in Japan, haiku poets often write about the delicate beauty of falling snowflakes. 

Even in the Western world, some of the most well-known poems and paintings are based on winter scenes. 

So next time you look at a snowflake, try to see it not just as a part of nature but as a work of art. Here are some poets and artists' quotes about snow to inspire you to recognize the creative value of snow.

"I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being."
- Dawn Steel

"What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'"
- Patricia Reilly Giff

"Even if you took it as cascading snowy mountains, it was not a cool snow white. The cold of the snow and it's warm colour made a kind of music."
- Yasunari Kawabata

"Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person."
- Sylvia Plath

"With luck, it might even snow for us."
- Haruki Murakami

Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.

~ L.M. Montgomery

Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

~ Yoko Ono

Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns. It's late afternoon - the sun is just setting (a cold yellow colour) behind some colder violet hills, and I am up in my window seat using the last light to write to you.

~ Jean Webster

January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.

~ Sara Coleridge

No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.

~ Hal Borland

Snow Falling Soundlessly Quotes

Snowflakes are delicate and beautiful but also surprisingly strong. Each flake is made up of countless ice crystals that cling together to form a complex structure. This structure gives snowflakes their unique shape and makes them incredibly light. 

In fact, a single snowflake can weigh as little as 0.02 grams. As the flakes fall from the sky, they float gently to the ground, creating a soundless scene. The lack of noise is due to the flakes' small size and lightweight. 

Snowflakes may be delicate, but they are not fragile. Their intricate designs and sturdy structure help them withstand both the journey from the clouds and the impact of hitting the ground. So next time you're out in a snowstorm or celebrating the beauty of freshly fallen snow, take a moment to appreciate the silence along with these snow quotes. 

"Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people's legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world."
- Sarah Addison Allen

"A wet autumn morning , a garbage truck clattering down the street. The first snowfall of the season, blossom sized flakes falling languidly and melting on the ground, a premature snow fall delicate as lace, rapidly melting."
- Joyce Carol

"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
- John Burroughs

"The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day."
- Shannon Hale

"The snow falls soft and unfathomable, drawing the world down to a whitened hush, forcing us (as few things do) to pause long enough to take stock of everything that we miss in our crazed pursuit to gain everything that we can."
- Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity."
- Novala Takemoto

"Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak."
- Adrienne Posey

"Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem."
- William Hamilton

"There's just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on."
- Carol Rifka Brunt

"Snow. As ever the silent snow. It hems you in, lifts your spirit, and as you soar awhile it lets you down for being the meaningless ashen powder that it is."
- André Aciman

Quotes About The Love Of Snow

In Korea, the arrival of the season's first snowflake is a much-anticipated event. For many, it signals the beginning of winter and the start of the holiday season. 

But for those who are in love, the first snowflake has a deeper meaning. In Korea, it is believed that if you share a special moment with your significant other under a blanket of snow, your love will last forever. As a result, many couples take advantage of the first snowfall to spend time together and create lasting memories. Share these snow quotes with your loved ones to inspire a special moment.

"A light snow touches her cheek like an angel 's butterfly kisses."
- Imran Shaikh

"With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven."
- Percy Miller

"Snow brings a special quality with it—the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks."
- Nancy Hatch Woodward

"The Snow Is Sparkling Like A Million Little Suns."
- Lama Willa Chandler Cruttenden

"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.'"
- Lewis Carroll

"Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever."
- Unknown

"The first snow is like the first love."
- Lara Biyuts

The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.

~ Cambria Hebert

Funny Snow Quotes

If snow melts down to water, does it still remember being snow?

~ Jennifer McMahon

Olaf is a character in the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen. Elsa creates him out of the pure love and joy she feels during a happy moment in her life. Elsa suppressed her magic powers for most of her life due to the fear that she would hurt someone with them, causing her to become withdrawn and scared of letting people get too close to her. 

However, when she lets her guard down around Olaf, she can finally express her true self and have some fun. Olaf represents the innocent joy that Elsa has been missing in her life. He helps her to remember who she really is and what is important to her. 

Olaf is the film's happiest character. As much as you find him cheery and humorous, we wanted to finish with a compilation of humorous snow quotes to make you smile.

Feel free to sing "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!" by Dean Martin as you read this final selection of check our compilation of songs about nature for an audible accompaniment.

"The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches."
- E.E. Cummings

"When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels."
- Unknown

"A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship."
- Markus Zusak

"Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness."
- Mary Oliver

"The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground."
- Jamie McGuire

"In the winter, the snow had become glittery fairy dust that had given all the creatures of the meadow warm clothes and a fire to help them endure the winter."
- Carla Reighard

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

~ Carl Reiner