There is a certain nonsense, something showy and stagey about spring, with its pushing leaves and chorus-girl flowers, unless you have something corresponding inside you. Which she hadn't.

-D.H. Lawrence, "Two Blue Birds"

Everyone knows I hate spring.

This quote made me an instant fan of Lawrence...

full short story:

http://shortstory.byethost6.com/lawrencetwobluebirds.html