“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.”
˜Sara Baume, Irish novelist (b. 1984)
Embracing the Last Days of Summer
Artist Quotes
F. Scott Fitzgerald on Summer’s New Beginnings
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
˜F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. September 24, 1896 – d. December 21, 1940), The Great Gatsby
June Musings: The Joy of Imaginative Reading
“When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it—or rather, it is like living it.
It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don’t suppose many people try to do it.”
˜ Dodie Smith (b. 3 May 1896 – d. 24 November 1990), I Capture the Castle
Emily Dickinson’s Wisdom on Growth and Patience
“May teaches us that growth comes after patience.”
˜ Emily Dickinson (b. December 10, 1830 – d. May 15, 1886)
January
“You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories.
The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.”
˜Larry Niven, Science Fiction Writer (b. April 30, 1938)
Happy Halloween!
“Ghosts are all around us.
Look for them, and you will find them.”
˜Ruskin Bond (b. 19 May 1934)
October
“I think too much. I think ahead. I think behind.
I think sideways. I think it all.
If it exists, I’ve fucking thought of it.”
˜Winona Ryder (American Actress, b. October 29, 1971)
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