July

“Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt.

The day as it comes. People as they come…

The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present, and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.”

~Audrey Hepburn (b. 4 May 1929 – d. 20 January 1993)

May

“I write because there is something I don’t understand, or something that is haunting me. I write to find consolation. I write to discover in things I once found distressing or even unbearable, a beautiful pattern and shape. I write out of love for the people who inspire me. I write to uncover the sublime that rests inside the ordinary tasks and experiences of every day. I write to make my readers smile or even laugh. I write to keep my readers company. I write so that I can say aloud what I’ve been secretly thinking.”

~Finuala Dowling, South African Poet and Writer (b. June 1962)