A frosted glass jar holds a bright sunflower amid pale snow.

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Albert Camus

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This says that even at the coldest, bleakest point, the speaker discovered an inner warmth that couldn't be beaten down. Winter stands for hardship and summer for resilience, and calling it invincible suggests it was there all along, waiting to be found.

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