"At length the winter set in in good earnest, just as I had finished plastering, and the wind began to howl around the house as if it had not had permission to do so till then...
"The snow had already covered the ground since the 25th of November, and surrounded me suddenly with the scenery of winter.  I withdrew yet farther into my shell, and endeavored to keep a bright fire both within my house and within my breast. "

~ Henry D. Thoreau (1817 - 1862) American author, poet, philosopher.

Walden A Fully Annotated Edition, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer*, Yale University Press, 2004. (based on the original 1854 edition)

*J.S. Cramer is curator of collections, The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods.