“In the Boston area every summer there are a few days so unpleasant you feel like cursing everything in sight.’’

Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer and marathoner, in What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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“One reason a lot of use live here {in northern New England} is probably that surviving and flourishing in this climate is such a good, moral thing to do. It’s decadent to be warm all the time.’’

Willem Lange, in Tales from the Edge of the Woods