Embracing the Last Days of Summer

“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.”

˜Sara Baume, Irish novelist (b. 1984)

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)

“Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close.

If we love each other we’re safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.”

~ David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars

“The last days of November write their own pages.”

~ Keith Wynn

“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)

“The books we love, they love us back.

And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.”

~ Jay Kristoff, Australian author

“Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.”

˜Esther Meynell (b. 1878 – d. February 4, 1955)